Associations to the word «Underworld»

Wiktionary

UNDERWORLD, noun. That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice.
UNDERWORLD, noun. (mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.
UNDERWORLD, noun. Alternative letter-case form of underworld

Dictionary definition

UNDERWORLD, noun. The criminal class.
UNDERWORLD, noun. (religion) the world of the dead; "No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth"-Theognis.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley