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Synonyms for uncanny
ʌnˈkæn iun·can·ny

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  1. eldritch, weird, uncanny, unearthlyadjective

    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

    Synonyms:
    preternatural, spiritual, unearthly, weird, eldritch

    Antonyms:
    ordinary, natural

  2. preternatural, uncannyadjective

    surpassing the ordinary or normal

    "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel" - George Will; "his uncanny sense of direction"

    Synonyms:
    transcendental, eldritch, weird, nonnatural, otherworldly, unearthly, preternatural

    Antonyms:
    natural, ordinary

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  1. uncannyadjective

    Synonyms:
    weird, eerie

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  1. List of paraphrases for "uncanny":

    supernatural, strange, staggering, astonishing

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#3706spiritual
#3929strange
#5549weird
#15827supernatural
#20016astonishing
#20961staggering
#31626uncanny
#34567transcendental
#75436otherworldly
#76531eldritch
#79310unearthly
#173448preternatural

How to use uncanny in a sentence?

  1. James Winnefeld:

    We're hemorrhaging information at a dizzying rate, evidenced by the uncanny similarity of some of our potential adversaries' new platforms to those we've been developing.

  2. Marlene Carlisle:

    Josh was an amazing young boy who had an uncanny relationship with nature and with God, so I know where he is and I know he's at peace.

  3. Marlene Carlisle:

    These bulldogs that got through everything and worked for 33 years to solve this for our family -- we are forever indebted to all of you, josh was an amazing young boy who had an uncanny relationship with nature and with God, so I know where he is and I know he's at peace.

  4. California Lottery spokesman Alex Traverso:

    They said he resembled the guy in the video, so there was a resemblance. It wasn't an uncanny resemblance.

  5. Sebastian Strangio:

    For three decades he has outmaneuvered political opponents and international critics, while playing off the country's Western aid donors against a rising China, his long career has been marked by his incredible ideological flexibility an uncanny ability to twist and bend with the political wind.


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