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Thesaurus: uncanny

Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly.

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  1. a. Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly.
  2. adj. suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
  3. adj. surpassing the ordinary or normal
  4. Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly. Sir W. Scott. -- Un*can"ni*ness, n. G. Eliot.
  5. Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly. Sir W. Scott.-- Un*can"ni*ness, n. G. Eliot.
  6. j:100 s suggesting the operation of supernatural influences s surpassing the ordinary or normal