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Synonyms for uncanny
Adjective
- 1. eldritch, weird, uncanny, unearthly, supernatural (vs. natural)
- usage: 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. uncanny, unco, unnatural (vs. natural)
- usage: beyond what is natural; "his uncanny sense of direction"; (`unco' is chiefly Scottish)
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