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View synonyms for nether world
nether world
or nether·world
noun
- the infernal regions; hell.
- the afterworld, or the hereafter.
nether world
noun
- the world after death; the underworld
- hell
- a criminal underworld
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nether world1
First recorded in 1630–40
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Example Sentences
In order to survive, Sara and families like hers live in a kind of nether world of informal economies and networks.
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They become intercessors between this invisible Sovereign and his subjects of this nether world.
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A second and, on the whole, an obviously later form of ideas of a beyond, are the myths of the nether world.
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The wraith of Anchises enforces the advice, and bids Æneas visit him in the nether-world (856-909).
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Crooked courses ever lead to evil ends, albeit not always in this nether world.
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It was like looking down a well into some momentarily revealed nether world.
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