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 Kingsley

[ Syn: eldritch , weird , unearthly ]

surpassing the ordinary or normal; Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel - George Will; his uncanny sense of direction

[ Syn: preternatural ]