uncanny /ʌnˈkæni/adjective 2noun 1forms 2 adjective2 •Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird.He bore an uncanny resemblance to the dead sailor. •(dialect, UK) Careless. noun1 •Something that is simultaneously familiar and strange, typically leading to feelings of discomfort.This uncontrollable possibility—the possibility of a certain loss of control—can, perhaps, explain why the uncanny remains a marginal notion even within psychoanalysis itself. — 1982 formsuncannier · uncanniest
