Netherworld Definition

nethərwʉrld
noun
The world of the dead or of punishment after death; hell.
Webster's New World
The part of society engaged in crime and vice.
American Heritage
A sphere of human activity or state of existence regarded as corrupt, unwholesome, undesirable, etc.
Webster's New World
Any state of existence regarded as hidden, enigmatic, vague, unclassifiable, etc.
Webster's New World

The place to which one's spirit descends upon death, conceived as below the surface of the earth.

In some religions, one's soul departs to a netherworld, hell, instead of the heavens.
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Other Word Forms of Netherworld

Noun

Singular:
netherworld
Plural:
netherworlds

Origin of Netherworld

  • From nether- (“beneath, lower") +"Ž world.

    From Wiktionary

Netherworld Sentence Examples

  • During the fall, however, the park is transformed from a summer playground into a masterfully spooky netherworld where monsters roam the midways day and night.

  • Sofi is in the netherworld, and Czerno knows he can't hurt Bianca or-- " "You left Bianca with the Black God!

  • Reality and hallucinations merge into a terrifying netherworld where innocence is lost and dreams become nightmares.

  • This dark electric netherworld has become a vast flowering electronic landscape.

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