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Defenition of the word uncanny

    • Defenition of the word uncanny

      • suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley
      • beyond what is natural; "his uncanny sense of direction"; (`unco' is chiefly Scottish)
      • beyond what is natural; "his uncanny sense of direction"; (`unco'' is chiefly Scottish)
      • suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew pierc
      • suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
      • surpassing the ordinary or normal

    Synonyms for the word uncanny

      • creepy
      • eerie
      • eldritch
      • mysterious
      • strange
      • supernatural
      • unco
      • unearthly
      • weird

    Similar words in the uncanny

      • supernatural
      • uncanny
      • unnatural

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