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 Kingsley2. beyond what is natural;
"his uncanny sense of direction"; (`unco' is chiefly Scottish)