kinky

[ king-kee ]

adjective

, kink·i·er, kink·i·est.

1. full of kinks; closely twisted:

   a kinky wire.

2. (of hair) closely or tightly curled.
3. Slang. marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, or the like.

kinky

/ ˈkɪŋkɪ /

adjective

1. slang.
   given to unusual, abnormal, or deviant sexual practices
2. informal.
   exhibiting unusual idiosyncrasies of personality; quirky; eccentric
3. informal.
   attractive or provocative in a bizarre way

   kinky clothes

4. tangled or tightly looped, as a wire or rope
5. tightly curled, as hair

Derived Forms

• ˈkinkiness, noun
• ˈkinkily, adverb

Other Words From

• kinki·ly adverb
• kinki·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of kinky¹

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; kink + -y ¹

Example Sentences

However, McGarity told cops that he didn’t do anything wrong and in fact “thought it was kind of kinky,” it says.

From The Daily Beast

Olivia Wilde’s thrillingly kinky follow-up to her 2019 directorial debut, Booksmart, stars Florence Pugh and Harry Styles as a 1950s couple who join a commune in the California desert that seems too good to be true.

From Time

I hope for a future in which we no longer have reasons to label certain sexual behaviors as kinky at all.

From Washington Post

This group is open to people of all sexual orientations and people who are interested in non-monogamy in both kinky and non-kinky relationships.

From Washington Blade

We started off with the “Kinky Jockey,” which Cosmo ranks at a difficulty of two out of five hearts.

From The Daily Beast

A more fitting name for the “Kinky Jockey,” I decided, might be the “Catch 22.”

From The Daily Beast

So you’d have ads that said, ‘Vicelard cherche même’—‘Kinky man looking for same.

From The Daily Beast

The entire night was a welcoming of sorts for Lauper, who won the Tony for composing the Best Musical winner, Kinky Boots.

From The Daily Beast

Among the musical honorees lie Matilda, The Musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Pippin, and Kinky Boots.

From The Daily Beast

Kinky, woolly-headed, barefooted pickanninnies peeked through broken window panes and out of half-opened doors.

From Project Gutenberg

But if you want to back something, I should put a trifle on Kinky Jane.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• far-out
• outlandish
• peculiar
• quirky
• unconventional
• weird