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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Annie rescued its name from the depths.
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Earth-impacting shrapnel from those primordial upheavals may have helped seed our planet with the precursors for life, delivering water and organic compounds from the dark, icy depths of the outer solar system.
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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 26 Jun. 2026.
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