as in abyss
a social sphere that exists outside of the mainstream
a magazine article taking an insightful look at the underworld inhabited by street people
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Then, any feeling of empowerment Rue got from her underworld dealings and religious inklings was squished by a Wire-ish cat-and-mouse game between her suppliers and their federal law-enforcement foils, leading to her death in the finale.
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Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
Despite the jokes, the town's name has nothing to do with the biblical underworld.
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Anna Noryskiewicz,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
The waters around the archipelago are brimming with one-of-a-kind dive sites, including a manta ray cleaning station, a coral underworld known as Melissa’s Garden and window-like swim-throughs.
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Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
The titular vampire gang has formed a band, and when its members start to shred, the stage sinks down to create a mosh pit—a hellish underworld into which victims later drop.
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Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
Despite the jokes, the town's name has nothing to do with the biblical underworld.
—
Anna Noryskiewicz,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
The waters around the archipelago are brimming with one-of-a-kind dive sites, including a manta ray cleaning station, a coral underworld known as Melissa’s Garden and window-like swim-throughs.
—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
The titular vampire gang has formed a band, and when its members start to shred, the stage sinks down to create a mosh pit—a hellish underworld into which victims later drop.
—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underworld
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Joe looks at his pleasant, comfortable life and sees an abyss.
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Sun Yuqi An underdog’s shortcut through a success scam, from city vanity to border wilderness, becomes a fatal abyss.
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Alistair Taylor’s reward for accompanying him into this teenage netherworld was to be given lunch at his current favorite city-center restaurant, the Peacock.
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The rules of this netherworld announce themselves, early on, via a nondescript wall sign.
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For me no one explores the depths of her emotions with her voice the way Billie does.
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The mine stopped running in the 1930s as water accumulated in its depths and new Depression-era regulations crimped private possession of gold in favor of paper currency, said Kaleb Brown, a spokesman for National Land Realty.
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This debacle plunges the Marvins into Sydney’s criminal demimonde, where Susi is part of an organization headquartered in an amusement park and led by another brother-sister duo, this one terrifyingly unhinged.
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Often considered the most scathing film ever made about the movie industry, The Day of the Locust is an adaptation of Nathanael West’s celebrated novel about a down-and-out artist turned set painter and the Los Angeles demimonde during the Great Depression.
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“Underworld.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underworld. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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