underworld
the criminal element of human society.
the imagined abode of departed souls or spirits; Hades.
a region below the surface, as of the earth or a body of water.
the opposite side of the earth; the antipodes.
Archaic. the earth.
Origin of underworld
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How to use underworld in a sentence
We all knew there were mobsters in the record industry, but this is some very serious underworld stuff.
George Clinton on Industry ‘Mobsters’ and How Nobody Wants to Listen to a Crackhead | Curtis Stephen | November 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRick flees the underworld, in this case the prison, and returns to the world as a hero.
The Walking Dead’s Luke Skywalker: Rick Grimes Is the Perfect Modern-Day Mythical Hero | Regina Lizik | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor most heroes, the second cycle of the monomyth involves a physical journey into the underworld.
The Walking Dead’s Luke Skywalker: Rick Grimes Is the Perfect Modern-Day Mythical Hero | Regina Lizik | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn actuality, an encounter with a goddess of the underworld is another step in the second cycle of the monomyth.
The Walking Dead’s Luke Skywalker: Rick Grimes Is the Perfect Modern-Day Mythical Hero | Regina Lizik | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGotham may mature into a thrilling mystery that explores corrupt cops and the seedy underworld.
In his efforts to clear himself, the young cop had taken half a dozen lead slugs from underworld guns into his body.
It was then that Black Hood got one of those sudden inspirations which had made him the underworld's most capable adversary.
Vergil tells us that a special punishment in the underworld awaited the patron who defrauded a client.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone JohnstonIn the underworld the devil serpent Apep was spat upon to curse it, as was also its waxen image which the priests fashioned.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria | Donald A. MackenzieIt could not be underworld jargon; it was too direct and at the same time too picturesque.
From Place to Place | Irvin S. Cobb
British Dictionary definitions for underworld
/ (ˈʌndəˌwɜːld) /
criminals and their associates considered collectively
(as modifier): underworld connections
the regions below the earth's surface regarded as the abode of the dead; Hades
Other words from underworld
- Related adjectives: chthonian, chthonic
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