netherworld
Meaning of netherworld
pronoun
- The place to which one's spirit descends upon death, conceived as below the surface of the earth.
In some religions, one's soul departs to a netherworld, hell, instead of the heavens.
- The locale of the spirit world or afterlife, whether deemed to be situated below the world of the living or not.
While I was astrally projecting, I felt my soul pass through many insubstantial netherworlds.
- Specifically, a location of punishment in the afterlife; a hell.
The missionary was motivated by a sincere desire to rescue souls from eternal torment in the netherworld.
- (by extension) A hidden, shadowy, or sinister subculture, such as that of organized crime.
Richard had been initiated into the netherworld of dog racing by his father, and knew all the popular greyhound performance-enhancing drugs.
Information about netherworld
- The plural form of netherworld is: netherworlds.
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Hyphenation of netherworld
nether-world
- It consists of 2 syllables and 11 chars.
- netherworld is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
netherworld synonyms
Meaning Hel:
Hel, Hell, Hades, underworld
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Words that rhyme with netherworld
OpenWorld, World, afterworld, antiworld, counterworld, cumberworld, demiworld, dreamworld, foreworld, infoworld, interworld, microworld, otherworld, outworld, overworld, subworld, supraworld, underworld, unworld, world
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