单词 | netherworld |
释义 | netherworld (neðəʳwɜːʳld) also nether world singular noun If you refer to a place as a netherworld, you mean that it is dangerous and full of poor people and criminals. ...a London netherworld of criminals. Waits sang about the boozy netherworld of urban America. [+ of] Synonyms: hell, underworld, Hades, nether regions More Synonyms of netherworld netherworld in British Englishnoun the world of the dead; Hades; the lower depths of society netherworld in American English (ˈnɛθərˌwɜrld) noun 1. Theology and Mythology the world of the dead or of punishment after death; hell 2. a sphere of human activity or state of existence regarded as corrupt, unwholesome, undesirable, etc. Synonyms of 'netherworld'hell, underworld, Hades, nether regions More Synonyms of netherworld (noun) Definition hell magic spells which ensured the dead safe passage though the netherworld to paradise Synonyms hell Don't worry about going to Hell, just be good. underworld Persephone, goddess of the underworld Hades Zeus finally sent Hermes to Hades with a request to return the maiden. nether regions infernal regions Avernus Additional synonymsin the sense of Hades Definition the underworld home of the souls of the dead Zeus finally sent Hermes to Hades with a request to return the maiden. Synonyms underworld, hell, nether regions, lower world, infernal regions, realm of Pluto, (the) inferno in the sense of underworld Definition the regions below the earth's surface regarded as the abode of the dead Persephone, goddess of the underworld Synonyms nether world, hell, Hades, the inferno, nether regions, infernal region, abode of the dead Nearby words of |
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