unearthly
adjective /ʌnˈɜːθli/
/ʌnˈɜːrθli/
[usually before noun]Idioms - very strange; not natural and therefore frightening
- an unearthly cry
- an unearthly light
Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnearthly is used with these nouns:- hour
- howl
Idioms
at an unearthly hour
- (informal) very early, especially when this is annoying
- The job involved getting up at some unearthly hour to catch the first train.