uncanny

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

un·canny [uncanny uncannier uncanniest] BrE [ʌnˈkæni] NAmE [ʌnˈkæni] adjective
strange and difficult to explain
Syn: ↑weird
•I had an uncanny feeling I was being watched.
•It was uncanny really, almost as if she knew what I was thinking.
•He has an uncanny knack of being able to see immediately where the problem lies.
Derived Word: ↑uncannily

Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (originally Scots in the sense ‘relating to the occult, malicious’): from ↑un- ‘not’ + ↑canny.

Example Bank:
•She bore a quite uncanny resemblance to my Auntie Elsie.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  preternatural, eldritch, weird, unearthly