uncanny

The definition of uncanny refers to something odd, mysterious or unexpected that makes you feel uneasy.

(adjective)

An example of uncanny is when someone looks almost exactly like your spouse.

See uncanny in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

mysterious or unfamiliar, esp. in such a way as to frighten or make uneasy; preternaturally strange; eerie; weird
so remarkable, acute, etc. as to seem preternatural: uncanny shrewdness

Origin: see un- & canny

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See uncanny in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective un·can·ni·er, un·can·ni·est

Peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature; eerie. See Synonyms at weird.
So keen and perceptive as to seem preternatural.

Origin:

Origin: un-¹

Origin: + canny, fortunate, safe (obsolete)

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