uncanny

Speech parts

1. uncanny - Noun

2. uncanny - Adjective

3. uncanny - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly.

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Examples

Men who shrink from penetration of the female body are paralyzed by justifiable apprehension, since they are returning to our uncanny site of origin. Camille Paglia

I have a passion for big cats, I like big snakes. There is something about snakes that is so wise, they have this uncanny perfection. I'd like to get inside their reptilian heads. Anton LaVey

I have a deep-seated respect for parrots. As gifted as I am with all other wildlife, parrots have this uncanny desire to kill me. I'm not sure why, but they're like my kryptonite! Steve Irwin

People only worry about the uncanny for about a week; that's the end of their attention span. After that, suspicions turn into shtick. Scott Westerfeld

How surely are the dead beyond death. Death is what the living carry with them. A state of dread, like some uncanny foretaste of a bitter memory. But the dead do not remember and nothingness is not a curse. Far from it. Cormac McCarthy

Every snapshot collector has obsessions. Some only collect photos of cars. Others like World War II, or babies, or old-timey girls in old-timey swimsuits. I happen to collect the weird stuff: photos that make the hair on the back of your neck stand up a little. The uncanny. Ransom Riggs

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