ungodly hour

plural ungodly hours

1. A very early or late time of day.

   at an ungodly hour

   2 more examples

   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."

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

   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.

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

   Synonyms: oh dark hundred, crack of dawn, stupid o'clock, wee small hours