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Underworld

Underworld Meaning & Definition
Underworld Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Underworld?

[n] the criminal class
[n] (in various religions) the world of the dead; "he didn't want to go to hell when he died"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Underworld: Hades | Hel | Hell | infernal region | netherworld | Scheol

Related Terms | Find terms related to Underworld:

See Also | Acheron | class | Cocytus | gangdom | gangland | imaginary place | Lethe | organized crime | racketeer | River Acheron | River Cocytus | River Lethe | River Styx | social class | socio-economic class | Styx

Underworld In Webster's Dictionary

\Un"der*world`\, n. 1. The lower of inferior world; the world which is under the heavens; the earth. That overspreads (with such a reverence) This underworld. --Daniel. 2. The mythological place of departed souls; Hades. 3. The portion of the world which is below the horizon; the opposite side of the world; the antipodes. [R.] Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail, That brings our friends up from the underworld. --Tennyson. 4. The inferior part of mankind. [R.] --Atterbury.

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