uncanny

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird.
2. (UK, dialectal) Careless.

Noun

Something that is simultaneously familiar and strange, typically leading to feelings of discomfort.

Sinonieme

weird

eerie

strange

unearthly

mysterious

occult

spooky

eldritch

ghostly

supernatural

bizarre

unusual

inexplicable

ominous

preternatural

unnatural

mystical

marvelous

monster

monstrous

mystic

mystifying

odd

scary

secret

㊙️

tough

treacherous

tricky

unaccountable

unanalyzable

unco

undecomposable

unexcused

unexplainable

unexplained

ungodly

unsafe

unheimlich

weirdsome

abnormal

hinky

absonant

arcane

blame

cabalistic

careless

constrained

dangerous

eery

enigmatic

Vertalings

unheimlich

estranho

misterioso

déroutant

misterioso

acayip

étrange

strano

μυστηριώδης

bizarre

esquisito

sinistre

bizzarro

griezelig

inquiétant

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ʌnˈkæni/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Middle English: unkanne

In summary

From un- + canny; thus “beyond one's ken,” or outside one's familiar knowledge or perceptions. Compare Middle English unkanne (“unknown”). In the noun sense a translation of Sigmund Freud's usage of German unheimlich (Das Unheimliche, 1919).