uncanny

Meaning of uncanny

noun

(Freud) Something that is simultaneously familiar and strange, typically leading to feelings of discomfort; translation of Freud's usage of the German "unheimlich" (literally "unsecret").

adjective
  1. Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird.
    He bore an uncanny resemblance to the dead sailor.
  2. Careless.

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Hyphenation of uncanny

un-canny

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • uncanny is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

uncanny synonyms

Meaning eldritch:

eldritch, weird, unearthly

Meaning preternatural:

preternatural

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