Un″der‐world′ (?), n. 1. The lower of inferior world; the world which is under the heavens; the earth.
That overspreads (with such a reverence)
This underworld. Daniel.
2. The mythological place of departed souls; Hades.
3. The portion of the world which is below the horizon; the opposite side of the world; the antipodes.
Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail,
That brings our friends up from the underworld. Tennyson.
4. The inferior part of mankind. Atterbury.