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uncanny
Aadjective
uncanny, unco
 beyond what is natural; "his uncanny sense of direction"; (`unco' is chiefly Scottish)
eldritch, weird, uncanny, unearthly
 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 pierc

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