Meaning & Definition of Uncanny in English

1. Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences

• "An eldritch screech"

• "The three weird sisters"

• "Stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- john galsworthy

• "An unearthly light"

• "He could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- henry kingsley

2. Surpassing the ordinary or normal

• "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel" - george will

• "His uncanny sense of direction"