Definitions for: Underworld

[n] the criminal class
[n] (in various religions) the world of the dead; "he didn't want to go to hell when he died"

Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: Hades, Hel, Hell, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol

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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