the underworld

noun

1

: the world of crime and criminals

2

: the place where dead people go in Greek myths

Examples of the underworld in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Gone to Hell, a Canadian adult animation about a world-famous rock band who are sent to the underworld, will launch next month. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026

The actor Martinez also joins in on the creaturely fun by doubling as Chupacabrón, a wise-cracking cryptid who guides Yamel through the underworld. — Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

And Mylette Nora’s costumes artfully conjure both the underworld and the spiritual realm. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

But unlike Transcription or George Saunders’s Vigil, the year’s other novel about a rich old man on his way to the underworld, this book doesn’t try to diagnose our collective ills. — Emma Alpern, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the underworld

• curled
• furled
• hurled
• knurled
• swirled
• twirled
• whirled
• whorled
• world
• lifeworld
• unfurled
• netherworld