Definitions

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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Yet he possesses an uncanny knack for actually hitting the ball straight.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 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

In the moments that followed Ben forgot about the game and concentrated instead on his uncanny instinct, his intuitive genius for asking the wrong question.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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