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uncanny

[ uhn-kan-ee ]

adjective

  1. having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary:

    uncanny accuracy; an uncanny knack of foreseeing trouble.

  2. mysterious; arousing superstitious fear or dread; uncomfortably strange:

    Uncanny sounds filled the house.

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uncanny

/ ÊŒ²Ôˈ°ìæ²Ôɪ /

adjective

  1. characterized by apparently supernatural wonder, horror, etc
  2. beyond what is normal or expected

    an uncanny accuracy

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Derived Forms

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  • ³Ü²Ôˈ³¦²¹²Ô²Ô¾±±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ü²Ô·³¦²¹²Ôn¾±Â·±ô²â adverb
  • ³Ü²Ô·³¦²¹²Ôn¾±Â·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of uncanny1

First recorded in 1590–1600; un- 1 + canny
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Synonym Study

See weird.
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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.

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The result is an uncanny sense of vivid presence.

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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.

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“This gentleman here,†Wilson said loudly, “has an uncanny ability to communicate with them all.â€

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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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