netherworld
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8.8
- noun
- /ˈnɛðərˌwɜrld/
- Literature
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inframundo
- Religious implements put an end to suffering in the netherworld and enable people to enter the realm of humanity and long life.
Then I have Beetlejuice with the thought in half legs when they're in the netherworld.
- Then I have Beetlejuice with the thought in half legs when they're in the netherworld.
- They spread out in all directions, fading into the semi night like things of some netherworld.
Examples
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Like the Phantom of the Opera inviting his beloved to the netherworld.
Fiction book (1991) -
You seek knowledge of the netherworld?
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Yes, he has now become one with the netherworld of the dead.
Fiction book (1999) -
I have read the netherworld signs; your time in this world is nearly finished.
Fiction book (1991) -
Let's just get him in the room and send him on his way to the netherworld.
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We shall find the prince of this netherworld... and beg his mercy.
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Demigods chase demons trying to steal into heaven from the netherworld.
Fiction book (1990) -
Now each story involves a different way that he lures or tricks these children away from the physical world and traps them in his own netherworld.
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Sweating, intense, she escaped into that sublime netherworld where she and the music were indistinguishable.
Fiction book (1999) -
In ancient myths, heroes often journeyed to the netherworld to confront the spirits of the dead.
Synonyms
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2.1
A place after death where the dead are punished in some religions
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7.2
A place where souls go after death in myths
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9.9
A place beyond the living world where spirits live
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8.4
A place or life people believe exists after death
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9.9
A place where the dead live in ancient Hebrew belief
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9.9
A world in Welsh stories where fairies and the dead live
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9.9
A place of suffering for the dead in religious stories
The place of the dead in Greek myths where souls go after death
A place of fire and suffering where bad people are punished after death
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word netherworld is made from nether ('lower') and world ('world'). Think of Netherlands, which means 'low lands' and shows the same idea of 'nether'. So netherworld literally means a 'lower world', used for the place where the dead live.