nether world

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noun

the infernal regions; hell.

the afterworld, or the hereafter.

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Origin of nether world

First recorded in 1630–40

Words nearby nether world

Netherlands Antilles, Netherlands East Indies, Netherlands Guiana, Netherlands West Indies, nethermost, nether world, net income, neti neti, netiquette, netizen, netman

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How to use nether world in a sentence

In order to survive, Sara and families like hers live in a kind of nether world of informal economies and networks.
These Children Are U.S. Citizens. They Need Help, But They Can't Get the Child Tax Credit|Belinda Luscombe|September 20, 2021|Time
They become intercessors between this invisible Sovereign and his subjects of this nether world.
Letters To Eugenia|Paul Henri Thiry Holbach
A second and, on the whole, an obviously later form of ideas of a beyond, are the myths of the nether world.
Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt
The wraith of Anchises enforces the advice, and bids Æneas visit him in the nether-world (856-909).
The Aeneid of Virgil|Virgil

Crooked courses ever lead to evil ends, albeit not always in this nether world.
A Legend of Reading Abbey|Charles MacFarlane
It was like looking down a well into some momentarily revealed nether world.
Tono Bungay|H. G. Wells

British Dictionary definitions for nether world

nether world

noun

the world after death; the underworld

hell

a criminal underworld

Also called (for senses 1, 2): nether regions

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nether world

or neth·er·world

Origin of nether world

Words nearby nether world

Words related to nether world

How to use nether world in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for nether world