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Meaning of uncanny

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

uncanny

Pronunciation:/ʌnˈkæni/

noun

Definitions

  1. (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

Definitions

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

    Example: He bore an uncanny resemblance to the dead sailor.

  2. Careless.