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uncanny

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore U words

strange or mysterious in an unsettling way

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Uncanny in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing uncanny in a sentence.

She had an uncanny ability to predict exactly what others were thinking.

Synonyms
eerieweirdunearthly
Antonyms
ordinarymundane
Common questions

Questions about “uncanny

Uncanny (adjective) means strange or mysterious in an unsettling way
Here is uncanny used in an example sentence: "She had an uncanny ability to predict exactly what others were thinking."
Common synonyms for uncanny include eerie, weird, unearthly.
Antonyms of uncanny include ordinary, mundane.
Uncanny is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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