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'
