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- Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird.
He bore an uncanny resemblance to the dead sailor.
- 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:
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