[usuallybeforenoun] very strange; not natural and therefore frightening:
an unearthly cry / yell * an unearthly light / sight
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.
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