uncanny

inquietante, extraño

Extraño de una manera que causa inquietud, como si no pudiera explicarse.

En inglés sencillo: Strange in a way that makes you feel uneasy, as if something cannot be explained.

• The empty house felt uncanny.
• She has an uncanny resemblance to my sister.
• His uncanny ability to predict events frightened us.

Sinónimos: eerie, strange, weird

Expresiones frecuentes: uncanny resemblance, uncanny feeling

lo siniestro

Sensación inquietante que produce algo que parece familiar y, al mismo tiempo, extrañamente diferente.

En inglés sencillo: The unsettling feeling caused by something that seems both familiar and strangely different.

• The film explores the uncanny.
• Lifelike dolls can create a sense of the uncanny.
• Her essay links the uncanny to childhood memories.

Expresiones frecuentes: the uncanny, experience the uncanny