Definition of UNCANNY

uncanny

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; ; ; - John Galsworthy; ; - Henry Kingsley
    • "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"
  • surpassing the ordinary or normal; - George Will
    • "his uncanny sense of direction"

Adj

  • Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird.
  • Careless.

Noun

  • Something that is simultaneously familiar and strange, typically leading to feelings of discomfort.

Origin / Etymology

From un- + canny; thus “beyond one's ken,” or outside one's familiar knowledge or perceptions. Compare Middle English unkanne (“unknown”). In the noun sense a translation of Sigmund Freud's usage of German unheimlich (Das Unheimliche, 1919).

Scrabble Score: 12

uncanny is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
uncanny is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
uncanny is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

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