kinking
The word “kinking” has 2 syllables: kink-ing
It's pronounced as /ˈkɪŋ.kɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for kinking?
In the thesaurus, “kinking” has 37 synonyms and 3 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for kinking along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for kinking
- arching
- arcing
- bending
- bowing
- coiling
- crooking
- curling
- curving
- declining
- deflecting
- denting
- dimpling
- diverting
- enrolling
- entwining
- hooking
- inclining
- incurvating
- incurving
- inflecting
- looping
- meandering
- reflecting
- rounding
- sloping
- spiraling
- spiralling
- swerving
- swirling
- turning
- twining
- twisting
- veering
- warping
- waving
- weaving
- winding
Antonyms for kinking
- straightening
- unbending
- uncurling
Meanings of kinking
- verb
- To laugh loudly.
- To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.
- To form a kink or twist.
- To be formed into a kink or twist.
Example Sentences
- The hose kept kinking, which interrupted the flow of water.
- She tried to avoid kinking the cord while wrapping it for storage.
- The metal pipe started kinking under the excessive pressure.
- His hair was kinking at the ends after being exposed to humidity.
- They noticed the rope was kinking as they pulled it through the pulley.
On this page you'll find 40 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to kinking, such as: arching, arcing, bending, bowing, coiling, crooking, curling.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
uncoiling
- disentangling
- straightening
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- uncurling
- unkinking
- unrolling
- untangling
- untwining
- untwisting
- unwinding
unbending
- adamant
- adamantine
- aloof
- anal-retentive
- antisocial
- apathetic
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- bloody-minded
- bullheaded
- buttoned-up
- cantankerous
- clinical
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- confirmed
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- cool
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- cussed
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- defiant
- demanding
- detached
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- diffident
- disentangling
- disinterested
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- dispassionate
- distant
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- hard-shell
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- hidebound
- hold the fort
- hold the line
- immovable
- impersonal
- implacable
- incompliant
- inconvincible
- incurious
- indifferent
- indomitable
- indrawn
- inelastic
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- insurgent
- intractable
- intransigent
- introverted
- inveterate
- invincible
- iron
- locked-in
- misanthropic
- mulish
- mutinous
- narrow-minded
- nongregarious
- obdurate
- obsessive
- obstinate
- offish
- opinionated
- ossified
- pat
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
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- professional
- recalcitrant
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- refractory
- relentless
- remote
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- resolute
- resolved
- reticent
- rigid
- self-opinionated
- self-willed
- set
- set in stone
- severe
- shy
- silent
- single-minded
- standing pat
- standoff
- standoffish
- steadfast
- stern
- stiff
- stiff-necked
- stouthearted
- straightening
- strict
- stubborn
- taciturn
- tenacious
- timid
- unclubbable
- uncoiling
- uncommunicative
- uncompromising
- unconcerned
- unconquerable
- uncooperative
- uncurling
- unflexible
- unflinching
- ungovernable
- uninterested
- unkinking
- unmanageable
- unregenerate
- unrelenting
- unrolling
- unruly
- unsociable
- unsocial
- unswayable
- untangling
- untwining
- untwisting
- unwinding
- unyielding
- uptight
- wayward
- wilful
- willful
- withdrawn
- wrongheaded