Meaning of UNDERWORLD
| Pronunciation: | | 'undu`wurld
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- [n] the criminal class
- [n] (in various religions) the world of the dead; "he didn't want to go to hell when he died"
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| | Synonyms: | | Hades, Hel, Hell, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol |
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| | 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 | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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