uncanny
About 1.55 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird.
He bore an uncanny resemblance to the dead sailor.
- adjective Careless.
- noun Something that is simultaneously familiar and strange, typically leading to feelings of discomfort.
Similar words
eldritch weird unco unearthly unnatural supernatural eerie bizarre eery strange
Often followed by
ability resemblance and in knack sense way feeling accuracy
Word family
uncannier uncanniest uncannily uncanniness uncanninesses
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