Netherworld - English meaning

proper noun

A name for the devil (rev. 9:11) or for hell.

noun

A continuous or prolonged dull pain in a part of one's body.

Usage examples:

The ache in her head worsened

verb

Suffer from a continuous dull pain.

Usage examples:

My legs ached from the previous day's exercise

proper noun

(in judaism and the new testament) hell.

noun

A place of burning, torment, or misery.

verb

The inclination of a mineral vein or fault from the vertical.

proper noun

The underworld; the land of the spirits of the dead.

noun

In greek mythology (= ancient stories), a place under the earth where the spirits of the dead go

Usage examples:

Persephone is the name of the goddess kidnapped by hades, king of the underworld.

noun

A place regarded in various religions as a spiritual realm of evil and suffering, often traditionally depicted as a place of perpetual fire beneath the earth where the wicked are punished after death.

Usage examples:

Irreligious children were assumed to have passed straight to the eternal fires of hell

exclamation

Used for emphasis or to express anger, contempt, or surprise.

Usage examples:

Oh, hell—where will this all end?

noun

(in some religions) the place where some people are believed to go after death to be punished forever for the bad things they have done

Usage examples:

Holidays are hell for me., we went through hell during the flood (= had an extremely bad experience…

noun

(in christian theology) a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unrepentant person passes after death.

Usage examples:

Hence, if the children suffer eternal perdition because their parents, who are themselves christian…

noun

A state of punishment that goes on for ever, believed in some religions to be suffered by evil people after death

proper noun

The hebrew underworld, abode of the dead.

proper noun

A primeval god, offspring of chaos.

proper noun

A part of the underworld where the wicked suffered punishment for their misdeeds, especially those such as ixion and tantalus who had committed some outrage against the gods.

noun

A term for hell.

Usage examples:

Now it is good for nothing, but to cumber the ground, and furnish fuel for tophet.