Uncanny

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature; eerie. See Synonyms at weird.
  • adj. So keen and perceptive as to seem preternatural.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird
  • adj. Careless.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Not canny, in any sense.
  • Eery; weird; mysterious; apparently not of this world; hence, noting one supposed to possess preternatural powers.
  • Severe, as a fall or blow.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
  • adj. surpassing the ordinary or normal
  • Equivalent
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    unsafe    strange    weird    ghostly    unnatural   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Annie    Dannie    Danny    Fannie    Fanny    Frannie    Franny    Granny    Mannie    Modigliani   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    eerie    frighten    startle    weird    disconcert    supernatural    ominous    preternatural    astound    unpleasant