She bears an uncanny resemblance to Marilyn Monroe.
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Uncanny
/ʌnˈkæni/
Synonyms for "uncanny" (76 found)
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Adjective(4 words)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (38)
Adjective(21 words)
mysteriousoccultotherworldlyparanormalpreternaturalpsychoanalytic conceptremarkablespookierstrangestrangenessstrangestsupernaturalunearthlyunfamiliarityunlikelyunsettlingweirdweirderweirdestweirdness
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Noun(1 words)
supernatural elements
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More general
11 entriesaffective statecoincidenceconceptmetaphysical propertymysteryparanormal attributephilosophical conceptpsychological phenomenonstrangenesstheory termunusual pattern
More specific
9 entriesFreudian uncannyGothic uncannyLacanian uncannycoincidental patterneerie atmosphereghostly presencetelepathic impressionunexplained resemblanceunlikely coincidence
Collocations
9 entriessense of the uncannythe uncannyuncanny abilityuncanny atmosphereuncanny coincidenceuncanny precisionuncanny resemblanceuncanny similarityuncanny valley
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
4 entriessimilar
2 entriesSample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Her awkwardness was uncanny.
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This incident is quite uncanny.
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The robot was so lifelike that it was uncanny.
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