UNDERWORLD

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

The lower of inferior world; the world which is under the heavens; the earth. That overspreads (with such a reverence) This underworld. Daniel.

2.
n.

The mythological place of departed souls; Hades.

3.
n.

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.
n.

The inferior part of mankind. [R.] Atterbury.

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