underworld
underworld
Definition
under·world (-wʉrld′)
noun
- Archaic the earth
- the mythical world of the dead; Hades
- the opposite side of the earth; antipodes
- the criminal members of society, or people living by vice or crime, regarded as a group or class
underworld
Synonyms
underworld
modif.
underworld
Synonyms
underworld
n.
Hell
Hades, Inferno, netherworld, otherworld; see hell 1.Crime
gangland, gangdom, rackets, organized crime, the mob, the Syndicate, the Mafia, the Cosa Nostra, the Black Hand, criminals, riffraff.
underworld
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- earth: It was the Underworld of the Earth, for it had earlier been cast down from Heaven ( lines 60-70 ).
- city: The sun is setting now and it brings a tear to her eye as, he ruled the underworld of the city.
Converse of object
- enter: You must enter the underworld stripped naked of all you were.
- explore: Harvey's previous book, In a True Light, departed from Nottingham to explore the underworld of art.
- rule: But Osiris was a dead god who ruled the underworld.
- corrupt: But can he leave behind his life of crime, or will he be sucked back into the corrupting Parisian underworld?
- uncover: Phillip tracks him to Toledo, Ohio, and goes there determined to uncover the sinister underworld.
Adjective modifier
- seedy: It's a painting of communal harmony; a portrait of a seedy underworld eroding in Benetton colors.
- murky: Thanks to Patrick Keegan for coming in to review the papers - regular listeners know that Patrick operates in the murky underworld of pr.
- Parisian: But can he leave behind his life of crime, or will he be sucked back into the corrupting Parisian underworld?
- criminal: I bet Lex Luther has no respect in the criminal underworld at all.
- dark: Slayer is a well-paced novel set in the dark vampire underworld where monsters with inhuman strength battle for supremacy.
- Japanese: The premise of the game is one of rescue and revenge within the seedy Japanese underworld run by the Yakuza.
Modifies a noun
- boss: Decisive and efficient, he's also the right hand man of underworld boss Kang.
- figure: No names of respected underworld figures with whom he has ' worked or ' done bird ' .
- update: Thursday 15th May 2003: Underworld Update: The final two promo images for Underworld have been released today.
- connection: The term " underworld connections " just took on a whole new meaning.
- activity: These include an array of illegal activity ranging from drugs to controlling the underworld activities in the Port of Dublin.
- contact: By Roselli's cryptic account, Castro learned the identity of the underworld contacts in Havana who had been trying to knock him off.
Preposition: in
- mythology: CERBERUS was the three headed dog that guarded the underworld in greek mythology.
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