kinky

Meaning

1. Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl.
2. (informal) Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices.
3. Queer; eccentric; crotchety.

Synonyms

perverted

frizzy

peculiar

weird

funny

😄

kink

far-out

crisp

strange

eccentric

nappy

curious

wacky

odd

way-out

whacky

offbeat

freaky

perverse

frizzly

queer

quirky

curly

skew

slant

slanting

spry

stroppy

transverse

twisted

wavy

woolen

woolly

wry

tightly coiled

addlepated

flakey

askew

awry

bizarre

cantankerous

cockeyed

crackpot

crotchety

devious

eldritch

energetic

flaky

fleecy

freakish

fruity

kookie

kooky

lively

oblique

peckish

pervert

rakish

sidelong

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɪŋ.ki/

Etymology

From kink + -y. Compare Spanish canquiñi (“nappy”).