that's really uncanny
that's really extraordinary - it's mysterious
TRANSLATION
uncanny = unheimllich (z.B.Treffsicherheit, etc,)
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"A Woman's Uncanny Prophecy - 500 Years Old. A witch? A satanist? Possessed? Gifted? Whatever you say, the evidence certainly suggests Mother Shipton was the closest thing to a prophetess that England had for many generations. Mother Shipton, sometimes called "the Yorkshire Sybil" was reputedly born Ursula Sontheil (or Southill) in 1488 in Norfolk, England and died in 1561. Many of her visions (ocean-going vessels, motor vehicles, manned flight) came true in subsequent centuries."
(J.H. Phillips - Ring of the Moon - Mother Shipton's Prophecy)
(J.H. Phillips - Ring of the Moon - Mother Shipton's Prophecy)
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uncanny
- Peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature; eerie.
- So keen and perceptive as to seem preternatural.
Synonyms: weird, eerie, uncanny, unearthly
These adjectives refer to what is of a mysteriously strange, usually frightening nature.
WEIRD may suggest the operation of supernatural influences, or merely the odd or unusual: “The person of the house gave a weird little laugh” (Charles Dickens). “There is a weird power in a spoken word” (Joseph Conrad).
Something EERIE inspires fear or uneasiness and implies a sinister influence: “At nightfall on the marshes, the thing was eerie and fantastic to behold” (Robert Louis Stevenson).
UNCANNY refers to what is unnatural and peculiarly unsettling: “The queer stumps... had uncanny shapes, as of monstrous creatures” (John Galsworthy).
Something UNEARTHLY seems so strange and unnatural as to come from or belong to another world: “He could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din” (Henry Kingsley).
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- Peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature; eerie.
- So keen and perceptive as to seem preternatural.
Synonyms: weird, eerie, uncanny, unearthly
These adjectives refer to what is of a mysteriously strange, usually frightening nature.
WEIRD may suggest the operation of supernatural influences, or merely the odd or unusual: “The person of the house gave a weird little laugh” (Charles Dickens). “There is a weird power in a spoken word” (Joseph Conrad).
Something EERIE inspires fear or uneasiness and implies a sinister influence: “At nightfall on the marshes, the thing was eerie and fantastic to behold” (Robert Louis Stevenson).
UNCANNY refers to what is unnatural and peculiarly unsettling: “The queer stumps... had uncanny shapes, as of monstrous creatures” (John Galsworthy).
Something UNEARTHLY seems so strange and unnatural as to come from or belong to another world: “He could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din” (Henry Kingsley).
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
