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having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary: uncanny accuracy; an uncanny knack of foreseeing trouble. mysterious; arousing superstitious fear or dread; uncomfortably strange: Uncanny sounds filled the house. Synonyms: odd, preternatural. Antonyms: natural, ordinary. uncanny.
strange or mysterious; difficult or impossible to explain: He has an uncanny ability to pick a winner. Barb’s uncanny resemblance to Tia is scary. (Definition of uncanny from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of uncanny. uncanny. That was a very uncanny and uncomfortable feeling for me.
The uncanny is the psychological experience of an event or thing that is unsettling in a way that feels oddly familiar, rather than simply mysterious. This phenomenon is used to describe incidents where a familiar entity is encountered in a frightening, eerie, or taboo context.
Definitions of uncanny. adjective. surpassing the ordinary or normal. “his uncanny sense of direction” synonyms: preternatural. extraordinary. beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable. adjective. suggesting the operation of supernatural influences.
uncanny. adjective. /ʌnˈkæni/. /ʌnˈkæni/. strange and difficult to explain synonym weird. I had an uncanny feeling I was being watched. It was uncanny really, almost as if she knew what I was thinking. He has an uncanny knack of being able to see immediately where the problem lies.
Dec 18, 2023 · uncanny ( comparative uncannier, superlative uncanniest) Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural ); weird . He bore an uncanny resemblance to the dead sailor. ( UK dialectal) Careless.
Meaning of uncanny – Learner’s Dictionary. uncanny. adjective. uk / ʌnˈkæni / us. Add to word list. strange and impossible to explain: an uncanny resemblance. uncannily. adverb. (Definition of uncanny from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of uncanny. in Chinese (Traditional) 奇怪的, 神秘的, 難以（或無法）解釋的…
