underworld

Noun

Meaning

The lower of inferior world; the world which is under the heavens; the earth.

The mythological place of departed souls; Hades.

The portion of the world which is below the horizon; the opposite side of the world; the antipodes.

The inferior part of mankind.

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I, for one, will not have [the Vietcong] insulted by any comparison to the forces of Zarqawi, the Fedayeen Saddam, and the criminal underworld now arrayed against us. These depraved elements are the Iraqi Khmer Rouge. Christopher Hitchens

There is a sort of an unwritten code in Washington, among the underworld and the hustlers and these other guys that I am their friend. Marion Barry

I think that's why I gravitated toward slightly broader... ummm, more conceptual kinds of movies, Underworld and Van Helsing. That was as much as I could actually give. But you're actually more of an animated figure. It does go against the grain, as an actor. Kate Beckinsale

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld. Don Marquis

Opinions differ as to the reasons why he became the futile laborer of the underworld. To begin with, he is accused of a certain levity in regard to the gods. He stole their secrets. Albert Camus

I love New York. You can pop out of the Underworld in Central Park, hail a taxi, head down Fifth Avenue with a giant hellhound loping behind you, and nobody even looks at you funny. Rick Riordan

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