Uncanny Definition And Usage

Weird strange mysterious queer old fashioned more synonyms of uncanny.

Uncanny definition and usage. An obsolete meaning of the word canny was knowledge. Uncanny not canny in any sense. Apparently not of this world. One can accept a certain amount of coloratura but as soon as it becomes excessive the device is marked and its uncanny significance emerges.

Britain dialectal careless. From the cambridge english corpus. Uncanny describes something that is mysterious eerie something hard to explain or something that is outside of one s understanding. Being beyond what is normal or expected.

Uncanny comparative uncannier superlative uncanniest strange and mysteriously unsettling as if supernatural. 2 chiefly scotland. Definition strange and mysterious origin and usage uncanny has its origins in a word used in northern and scottish english. I had this uncanny feeling that alice was warning me.

If you describe something as uncanny you mean that it is strange and difficult to explain proudly holding his new baby who bears an uncanny resemblance to him. Hence noting one supposed to possess preternatural powers. Strange and difficult to explain synonym weird i had an uncanny feeling i was being watched. Uncanny is often used to describe something that is supernatural but not always.

Suggesting superhuman or supernatural powers an uncanny sense of direction. He has an uncanny knack of being able to see immediately where the problem lies. Only by listening closely do we hear the synthetic chorus as voices and when we do the background takes on an uncanny animation. Seeming to have a supernatural character or origin.

Uncanny severe as a fall or blow. The uncanny is the psychological experience of something as strangely familiar rather than simply mysterious. Uncanny entered mainstream usage in the late 19th century to refer to a situation that appears odd. It was really uncanny almost as if she knew what i was thinking.

He bore an uncanny resemblance to the dead sailor.