Definitions of uncanny [ʌnˈkæn i]

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Definition of 'uncanny'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) uncanny
having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; extraordinary:
uncanny accuracy; an uncanny knack of spotting an opportunity.

2. uncanny
mysterious; arousing fear or dread:
Uncanny sounds filled the house.

Etymology: (1580–90)

Definition of 'uncanny'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) eldritch, weird, uncanny, unearthly
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

2. (adj) preternatural, uncanny
surpassing the ordinary or normal
"Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel" - George Will; "his uncanny sense of direction"

Definition of 'uncanny'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) uncanny
not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly

Translation of 'uncanny'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: strange or mysterious She looks so like her sister that it's quite uncanny.
Afrikaans: vreemd, aardig	Arabic: شاذ، غَريب	Bulgarian: тайнствен
Brazilian: estranho	Czech: zvláštní	German: unheimlich
Danish: forbløffende; uhyggelig	Greek: αλλόκοτος	Spanish: misterioso; extraño
Estonian: veider, võõrasta(mapane)v	Farsi: عجیب و غریب؛ مرموز	Finnish: outo
French: mystérieux	Hebrew: מִסתוֹרִי	Hindi: रहस्यमय, अलौकिक
Croatian: čudan, tajnovit	Hungarian: rejtélyes	Indonesian: aneh
Icelandic: óhugnanlegur, kynlegur	Italian: straordinario	Japanese: 薄気味悪い
Korean: 신비로운	Lithuanian: kraupus, nejaukus	Latvian: savāds; mistisks
Malay: menyeramkan	Dutch: griezelig	Norwegian: uhyggelig, nifs
Polish: niesamowity	Persian: عجیب و غریب؛ مرموز	Pashto: ډېر ښه: مرموز، دروند (وير
Portuguese: estranho	Romanian: straniu; nefiresc	Russian: странный
Slovak: zvláštny	Slovenian: skrivnosten	Serbian: neobičan
Swedish: kuslig, förunderlig, häpn	Thai: แปลก	Turkish: acayip, tuhaf
Taiwanese: 離奇的	Ukrainian: моторошний; надприродний	Urdu: عجيب، پر اسرار
Vietnamese: kì lạ, huyền bí	Chinese: 离奇的
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