ungodly hour

English

Noun

ungodly hour (plural ungodly hours)

1. A very early or late time of day.

   at an ungodly hour

   • 1875, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, chapter 7, in Manmatha Nath Ray Chowdhury, transl., Chandra Shekhar, published 1904:

     When Ramcharan came to open the door, he thought within himself, "Who is it that knocks at this ungodly hour? Is it the pious hermit? Most likely so. But we have had quite an adventure to-night, and I am not going to open the door at this unearthly hour, till I see who knocks at it."

   • 2013, Peter Evans, Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     I suggested that we talk about it at a less ungodly hour. “Five A.M. is not an ungodly hour, baby. I call it studio time, although it's been a while since I got up at that hour to make a movie,” she said in a more agreeable tone.

Translations

Translations

• Czech: nekřesťanská hodina f, nelidská hodina f
• Finnish: tämä aika yöstä, tolkuton aika
• French: heure indécente f, heure indue (fr) f

See also

• wee hours
• small hours
• until all hours

Further reading

• “ungodly hour”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “ungodly hour” (US) / “ungodly hour” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.