uncanny – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
uncanny
adj.
unnatural, strange, mysterious
Uncanny
The
psychological concept of the
uncanny as something that is strangely familiar, rather than just mysterious, was perhaps first fixed by
Sigmund Freud in his essay
Das Unheimliche.
uncanny
Adjective
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
(synonym) eldritch, weird, unearthly
(similar) supernatural
2. beyond what is natural; "his uncanny sense of direction"; (`unco' is chiefly Scottish)
(synonym) unco
(similar) unnatural
(classification) Scotland
uncanny
příd.jm.
podivný; záhadný
uncanny
Przym.
niesamowity; zagadkowy
