Read full poem →"I will close his eyes," said the head gardener,
"It is uncanny to see a dead man staring at the sun."
Dictionary Entry
(Freud) Something that is simultaneously familiar and strange, typically leading to feelings of discomfort; translation of Freud's usage of the German "unheimlich" (literally "unsecret").
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Common Phrases
. uncannyability uncannyresemblance uncannyknack uncannysense uncannyway uncannyuncanny almostuncanny something
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Poetry examples for “uncanny”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.