3syllables
uncanny
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Definitions ofuncanny
1noun
- (Freud) Something that is simultaneously familiar and strange, typically leading to feelings of discomfort; translation of Freud's usage of the German "unheimlich" (literally "unsecret").
1adjective
- Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird.
Example: "He bore an uncanny resemblance to the dead sailor."
- Careless.
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