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uncanny
[ uhn-kan-ee ]
adjective
- having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary:
uncanny accuracy; an uncanny knack of foreseeing trouble.
- mysterious; arousing superstitious fear or dread; uncomfortably strange:
Uncanny sounds filled the house.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms: ,
uncanny
/ ÊŒ²Ôˈ°ìæ²Ôɪ /
adjective
- characterized by apparently supernatural wonder, horror, etc
- beyond what is normal or expected
an uncanny accuracy
Derived Forms
- ³Ü²Ôˈ³¦²¹²Ô²Ô¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
- ³Ü²Ôˈ³¦²¹²Ô²Ô¾±±ô²â, adverb
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ü²Ô·³¦²¹²Ôn¾±Â·±ô²â adverb
- ³Ü²Ô·³¦²¹²Ôn¾±Â·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Restlessly imaginative and experimental, they had an uncanny ability to communicate sophisticated musical ideas to a mass audience, on albums including Revolver, Sgt Pepper's and The White Album.
The result is an uncanny sense of vivid presence.
The effect is to turn real human faces — mostly women, but some men — so fake-looking it's uncanny, as if an AI image generator had replaced a person with an exaggerated version of themselves.
“This gentleman here,†Wilson said loudly, “has an uncanny ability to communicate with them all.â€
How a 30-year-old singer, born in Argentina and raised in Spain, manages to channel the smoldering melodrama of Latin music’s golden era with such uncanny precision remains a bit of a mystery.
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