uncanny

[uhn-kan-ee] / ʌnˈkæn i /

ADJECTIVE

very strange, unusual

Synonyms

STRONGEST

astonishing astounding eerie exceptional extraordinary fantastic incredible magical miraculous remarkable singular spooky superhuman supernatural

WEAK

creepy devilish ghostly ghoulish inexplainable inspired mysterious mystifying preternatural prodigious scary secret supernormal supranormal unearthly unheard-of unnatural weird

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bad boring common commonplace conventional customary dull expected familiar natural normal ordinary poor regular unremarkable usual

WEAK

earthly

Example Sentences

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Varsha’s recall of this region is extraordinarily accurate, and Shoma is soon struck by her other uncanny faculties, such as precognition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The degree to which the two periods have tracked each other — so far at least — is almost uncanny.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

The similarities are uncanny: Nebius now has over 3.5 gigawatts of contracted capacity, the exact same figure CoreWeave reported last week.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

When we made “Chaos Angel” we were maybe in a slightly uncanny valley of being friends who were in love but not together at all.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Since he had started at the paper in 1910, Brougham had become something of a local legend, renowned for his uncanny ability to extract information from storied figures like Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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