uncanny, adj.
freq. cnt. 1
freq. cnt. 1
suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 1
eldritch uncanny unearthly weird
sample sentences
"an eldritch screech""the three weird sisters"
"stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy
"an unearthly light"
"he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
surpassing the ordinary or normal
<adj.all>
preternatural uncanny
sample sentences
"Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel" - George Will"his uncanny sense of direction"
semantic pointers
similar to