eye-watering vs uncanny

eye-watering

adj
  • Of a shocking or surprising nature. 

  • So expensive that (figuratively) it would make one's eyes water. 

  • Having an odour, vapours or smoke which causes irritation to the eyes. 

  • Having an extremely bad odour. 

uncanny

adj
  • Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird. 

  • Careless. 

noun
  • Something that is simultaneously familiar and strange, typically leading to feelings of discomfort. 

How often have the words eye-watering and uncanny occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )