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Meaning of word uncanny from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

uncanny adjective

Meaning : Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences.

Example : An eldritch screech.
The three weird sisters.
Stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures.
An unearthly light.
He could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din.

Synonyms : eldritch, unearthly, weird

Meaning : Surpassing the ordinary or normal.

Example : Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel.
His uncanny sense of direction.

Synonyms : preternatural

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Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').

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Either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits.

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A white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative.

palatalised (adjective)
Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').

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