the underworld
noun
1
: the world of crime and criminals
2
: the place where dead people go in Greek myths
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In the Greek myth, musician Orpheus loses wife Eurydice to a snake bite and travels to the underworld to plead with Hades for her return.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 8 Aug. 2025
This was a particularly cruel fate in the ancient world because those who could not be buried were condemned to wander around the Earth eternally as ghosts, while those who received proper funerals would go to the underworld.
—Marie-Claire Beaulieu, The Conversation, 28 July 2025
But when Gi-seok is brutally murdered, Gi-jun returns to the underworld to uncover the truth behind his brother’s untimely death, embarking on a bloodthirsty quest for revenge.
—Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Cloud: The newest film from Japan Cuts 2025 honoree Kyoshi Kurosawa explores the underworld of online resellers who traffic in fraudulent merchandise.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 8 Aug. 2025
This was a particularly cruel fate in the ancient world because those who could not be buried were condemned to wander around the Earth eternally as ghosts, while those who received proper funerals would go to the underworld.
—Marie-Claire Beaulieu, The Conversation, 28 July 2025
But when Gi-seok is brutally murdered, Gi-jun returns to the underworld to uncover the truth behind his brother’s untimely death, embarking on a bloodthirsty quest for revenge.
—Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Cloud: The newest film from Japan Cuts 2025 honoree Kyoshi Kurosawa explores the underworld of online resellers who traffic in fraudulent merchandise.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the underworld
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“The underworld.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20underworld. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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