netherworld
pronunciation
How to pronounce netherworld in British English:
UK [ˈneðəwɜ:ld]
How to pronounce netherworld in American English:
US [ˈneðərwɜrld]
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- Noun:
- (religion) the world of the dead
Word Origin
- netherworld (n.)
- also nether-world, 1630s, "place beneath the earth," from nether + world.
Example
- 1. The puranas talk about seven levels of the netherworld .
- 2. You seek knowledge of the netherworld .
- 3. Social ostracism , demoralization , and alcoholism comprise the barren netherworld between cultural states .
- 4. He uses his imagination to describe his mother 's feelings as a banker 's wife after years cloistered in a netherworld .
- 5. When the environmental netherworld of jakarta gets too much , this slice of environmental heaven beckons .