nether world
or neth·er·world
the infernal regions; hell.
the afterworld, or the hereafter.
Origin of nether world
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How to use nether world in a sentence
Note the grabbing aggressiveness of the hands as she is led into the netherworld, particularly the one in between her legs.
Sunitha Krishnan works inside the bleak netherworld of human sex slavery in Indian slums.
One subject put it best: “The first couple of days, it does send a rush of blood down to the netherworld,” he writes.
She wrestled with him where the darknesses roll their snake-eyed torrents over between jagged horns of the netherworld.
The Amazing Marriage, Complete | George MeredithOsiris was the serpent-soul in the water, and the serpent (leviathan) of the ocean which 'encircled the netherworld'.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | Various
But out of the purlieus of this netherworld strange beings issue when the shades of evening fall.
London's Underworld | Thomas HolmesAnd if a word of mine can reach the toiling sisters in the netherworld, I would say to them: Be hopeful!
London's Underworld | Thomas HolmesBoth belong to the Upperworld of this Fableland; hence they stand in contrast with the Netherworld, which is now to follow.
Homer's Odyssey | Denton J. Snider
British Dictionary definitions for nether world
the world after death; the underworld
hell
a criminal underworld
- Also called (for senses 1, 2): nether regions
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