unearthlyadjective
uk/ʌnˈɜːθ.li/us/ʌnˈɝːθ.li/unearthly adjective (NOT CONVENIENT)
informal An unearthly time is not at all convenient because it is too early in the morning or too late at night:
I was woken up at some unearthly hour of the morning by someone knocking on my door.
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Late
- behind
- behindhand
- belated
- delayed
- door
- down to the wire idiom
- late
- late developer
- late in the day idiom
- latecomer
- latest
- miss
- owl
- schedule
- shut/close the stable/barn door after the horse has bolted idiom
- tardy
- the eleventh hour idiom
- the last minute idiom
- time
- wire
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unearthly adjective (STRANGE)
strange in a mysterious and sometimes frightening way:
Cats' cries have an unearthly quality.
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Strange, suspicious and unnatural
- aberrant
- abnormal
- add
- bizarre
- curious
- funny ha-ha or funny peculiar? idiom
- kinky
- kooky
- like nothing (else) on earth idiom
- like nothing on earth idiom
- not add up idiom
- peculiarly
- random
- rum
- sicko
- singularity
- singularly
- suss
- whacky
- whimsical
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