as in abyss
a social sphere that exists outside of the mainstream
a magazine article taking an insightful look at the underworld inhabited by street people
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Recent Examples of underworld
For Aronofsky, the city’s ethnic blend has no special claim on virtue; there seem to be as many criminal underworlds as there are demographic groups.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2025
Many newcomers have been accused of imitating jaydes and wifiskeleton, who, like XXXTentacion before them, began in the rap underworld before turning to tears-and-terror rock.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
This, however, is not Evangelista’s first dalliance with the criminal underworld.
—Peter White, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
And on the features side, a film set in the 1940s New York criminal underworld, a contemporary spy thriller and a dark comedy set on a Scottish island.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 24 Aug. 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2025
Many newcomers have been accused of imitating jaydes and wifiskeleton, who, like XXXTentacion before them, began in the rap underworld before turning to tears-and-terror rock.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
This, however, is not Evangelista’s first dalliance with the criminal underworld.
—Peter White, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
And on the features side, a film set in the 1940s New York criminal underworld, a contemporary spy thriller and a dark comedy set on a Scottish island.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 24 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underworld
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Back on the Danish frigate, in the Nuuk Fjord, flanked by Greenland’s bleak mountains of sheer black rock, the boom of practicing naval artillery guns reverberates into the Arctic abyss, as fighter jets scream overhead.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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The two turnovers put the Panthers in a 10-point hole in the middle of the first quarter, and they were forced to climb out of the abyss all game.—
DIAMOND VENCES,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Sep. 2025
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Nicole finds herself in an all too familiar place for those who have experienced the early phase of young-onset neurological disease, a netherworld between acceptance and denial.—
Gus Alexiou,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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The other two-thirds are on a scale of anxiously hopeful to beyond desperate -- an amorphous netherworld of doubt that, yes, includes the Miami Dolphins with Tua Tagovailoa, or should.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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There is a matter-of-factness to DP Keisuke Imamura’s flat, bright images that creates a hyperreal eeriness all the more uneasy for being the polar opposite of a horror movie’s usual dark corners and shadowy depths.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
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The core loop is predicated on wandering the subterranean depths of Pharloom and the majestic Citadel, picking up new abilities, hitting switches, and collecting eerie rosary beads as currency.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
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One thing was certain: Per its title, it was set in the demimonde of the galaxy far, far away, among its scoundrels, and smugglers, and bounty hunters and assorted other criminals.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2025
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The gumshoe’s exploits, punctuated with suspense, dark comedy and a motley cast unique to the demimonde of the Mexican capital, have been made into films and a Netflix series and translated into English and other languages.—
Patrick J. McDonnell,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Underworld.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underworld. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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