noun🔗Share(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")."The old doll in the attic, with its familiar face but unsettlingly blank stare, possessed an uncanny quality that made the children reluctant to play with it. "mindphilosophyliteraturesensationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareStrange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird."He bore an uncanny resemblance to the dead sailor."supernaturalmindcharacterbeingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareCareless."While "uncanny" means strange or mysterious, its archaic definition is "careless." Here's a sentence using that (less common) definition: "The uncanny gardener let the weeds grow wild, ignoring the flowers completely." "characterattitudeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
