Antonyms for uncanny

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uhn-kan-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈkæn i

Definition of uncanny

Origin : 1590s, "mischievous;" 1773 in the sense of "associated with the supernatural," originally Scottish and northern English, from un- (1) "not" + canny.

adj very strange, unusual

Example sentences :

The silence of it discomfited him beyond measure; it was, in a word, uncanny.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

For my part, grim and uncanny as he looked, I was glad to see him.
Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace

Not only were his eyes averted from mine, but they were glassed to an uncanny degree.
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

This knowledge, with the dream, was to him an uncanny thing.
Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt

Everything one says and does seems to turn in one's mouth—it's—it's uncanny.
Extract from : « The Silver Box (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy

Even to his sober judgment, there came a suggestion of the uncanny, the supernatural.
Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks

She would be able to see what this uncanny thing was that shared her captivity.
Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks

It was uncanny that this Wanderer should address him by name.
Extract from : « Wanderer of Infinity » by Harl Vincent

She had an uncanny faculty of seeing through his every pretense.
Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

The action was so uncanny that Philip was driven to intervene.
Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster

Synonyms for uncanny

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