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uncanny
Synonyms and Antonyms of uncanny
1
being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain
arcane, cryptic, deep, enigmatic (also enigmatical), impenetrable, inscrutable, mysterious, mystic, occult
dark, darkling, fuzzy, murky, obscure, shadowy, vague
imponderable, incomprehensible, unfathomable, unintelligible, unsearchable
inexplicable, unaccountable, unexplainable
metaphysical, mystical, numinous, supernatural
baffling, befuddling, bewildering, confounding, confusing, disorienting, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling
2
being so extraordinary or abnormal as to suggest powers which violate the laws of nature
bizarre, curious, eerie (also eery), far-out, funny, grotesque, kinky, outlandish, out-of-the-way, outrageous, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, remarkable, screwy, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird, wild
baffling, bewildering, confounding, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling, shocking
aberrant, atypical, fantastic (also fantastical), flaky, freak, freakish, idiosyncratic, marvelous (or marvellous), prodigious, rare, singular, uncommon, unique, unnatural, unusual, unwonted
unconventional, uncustomary, unorthodox
conspicuous, notable, noticeable, outstanding, prominent, salient, striking
3
fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic
ghastly, ghostlike, ghostly, ghoulish, spectral
bizarre, curious, odd, outlandish, outré, peculiar, quaint, queerish, quirky
unaccustomed, uncommon, unusual
metaphysical, preternatural, supernatural
enigmatic (also enigmatical), inscrutable, mysterious, puzzling
dreadful, fearsome, horrible, horrifying, terrible, terrifying
Synonym Discussion of uncanny
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- weird creatures from another world
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- an eerie calm preceded the bombing raid
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- an uncanny resemblance between total strangers
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