nether world

or nether·world

noun

1. the infernal regions; hell.
2. the afterworld, or the hereafter.

nether world

noun

1. the world after death; the underworld
2. hell
3. a criminal underworld

Word History and Origins

Origin of nether world¹

First recorded in 1630–40

Example Sentences

In order to survive, Sara and families like hers live in a kind of nether world of informal economies and networks.

From Time

They become intercessors between this invisible Sovereign and his subjects of this nether world.

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A second and, on the whole, an obviously later form of ideas of a beyond, are the myths of the nether world.

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The wraith of Anchises enforces the advice, and bids Æneas visit him in the nether-world (856-909).

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Crooked courses ever lead to evil ends, albeit not always in this nether world.

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It was like looking down a well into some momentarily revealed nether world.

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