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

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