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Underworld   /ˈəndərwˌərld/   Listen
noun
Underworld  n.  
1.
The lower of inferior world; the world which is under the heavens; the earth. "That overspreads (with such a reverence) This underworld."
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."
4.
The inferior part of mankind. (R.)





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"Underworld" Quotes from Famous Books



... or two in any direction the light merged into obscurity. At their back a great rocky wall extended on either hand; but it was not square like a wall, but full of bays and promontories like an indented line of sea cliffs. The roof of this huge underworld was out of sight. Here and there a mighty shaft of naked rock, fantastically weathered, towered aloft into the gloom, doubtless serving to support the roof. There were no colours—every detail of the landscape was black, white, or grey. The scene appeared ...
— A Voyage to Arcturus • David Lindsay
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... countries. Rarely has a movement aroused such universal agitation, awakened such world-wide discussions, and called forth such expressions of alarm as this one, that seemed suddenly to spring from the depths of the underworld, full-armed and ready for battle. Everywhere syndicalism was heralded as an entirely new philosophy. Nothing like it had ever been known before in the world. Multitudes rushed to greet it as a kind of new revelation, while other ...
— Violence and the Labor Movement • Robert Hunter
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... Dick wanted anything specific, Keith instructed Patsy Corrigan to see that the proper officials awarded the contract. If the matter ever came to the courts, Keith furnished the brains and Patsy somehow "saw" the sheriff and whoever was necessary from the mysterious underworld. Everybody was doing the same thing. In the minds of men profits of any sort were legitimate provided they were "legal," but especially against so vague an entity as a community. Civic consciousness had not been born in them, for the simple reason that the city was constituted ...
— The Gray Dawn • Stewart Edward White
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... pleadings of the Goddess with Yam-lo had so influenced his heart towards Willow that she believed her great sin in the destruction of animal life had been forgiven, and there were signs that the dread ruler of the Underworld was looking ...
— Chinese Folk-Lore Tales • J. Macgowan
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... event, I would, of course, be released from sojourning in the underworld by the Spring Equinox. Do you not think so, sir?" says Jurgen, very coaxingly, because he remembered that, according to Satan, whatever Coth believed would be the truth ...
— Jurgen - A Comedy of Justice • James Branch Cabell
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