Synonyms for uncanny
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhn-kan-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈkæn i |
Top 10 synonyms for uncanny
Définition of uncanny
Origin :- 1590s, "mischievous;" 1773 in the sense of "associated with the supernatural," originally Scottish and northern English, from un- (1) "not" + canny.
- adj very strange, unusual
- The silence of it discomfited him beyond measure; it was, in a word, uncanny.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- For my part, grim and uncanny as he looked, I was glad to see him.
- Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
- Not only were his eyes averted from mine, but they were glassed to an uncanny degree.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- This knowledge, with the dream, was to him an uncanny thing.
- Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt
- Everything one says and does seems to turn in one's mouth—it's—it's uncanny.
- Extract from : « The Silver Box (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
- Even to his sober judgment, there came a suggestion of the uncanny, the supernatural.
- Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
- She would be able to see what this uncanny thing was that shared her captivity.
- Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
- It was uncanny that this Wanderer should address him by name.
- Extract from : « Wanderer of Infinity » by Harl Vincent
- She had an uncanny faculty of seeing through his every pretense.
- Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- The action was so uncanny that Philip was driven to intervene.
- Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster
Antonyms for uncanny
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