Uncanny Definition Oxford English Dictionary

Strange and difficult to explain synonym weird.

Uncanny definition oxford english dictionary. I had this uncanny feeling that alice was warning me. An uncanny feeling that she was being watched. Strange or mysterious especially in an unsettling way. Jump to other results.

It was really uncanny almost as if she knew what i was thinking. Un can ni er un can ni est mysterious or impossible to explain especially when causing uneasiness or astonishment. Weird strange mysterious queer old fashioned more synonyms of uncanny. Often a general epithet of approbation or satisfaction as in canny newcastle the canny town etc.

Eriksson charming smooth and cerebral has the uncanny ability to deflect most criticism. Chiefly english regional north eastern pleasant nice agreeable. Proudly holding his new baby who bears an uncanny resemblance to him. Strange and difficult to explain synonym weird i had an uncanny feeling i was being watched.

Beyond the ordinary or normal. Difficult or impossible to explain. Weird strange mysterious queer old fashioned more synonyms of uncanny. Although now largely associated with north east england this sense especially in earlier use is also attested elsewhere in northern england and in scots.

This quarter sees the addition of a number of words used in political circles recently from former oxford dictionaries word of the year omnishambles to the simples used by theresa may in the house of commons. An uncanny knack of foreseeing trouble. He has an uncanny knack of being able to see immediately where the problem lies. It was uncanny really almost as if she knew what i was thinking.

I had an uncanny feeling i was being watched. If you describe something as uncanny you mean that it is strange and difficult to explain. Uncannily ʌnkænɪli adverb. If you describe something as uncanny you mean that it is strange and difficult to explain.

Uncanny definition having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis. More than 650 new words senses and subentries have been added to the oxford english dictionary in our latest update including fake news xoxo and jedi mind trick.