1The underworld; the land of the spirits of the dead.

1. 1.1 The god of the underworld, one of the sons of Cronus.
   Also called Pluto
2. 1.2informal Hell.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • The number of women worldwide over all history consigned to Hades by Roger for having abortions must be in the hundreds of millions.
   • When I tried to help these patients my practice and my life descended into the equivalent of a medical Hades.
   • Much to my surprise he had gone to Hades or hell as you know it - and overthrew its ruler of darkness.
   • And so, this reform group set about innovating a series of technical changes which would begin to blast the hierarchy to Hades.
   • But better not inflame passions with references to Hades or the netherworld?
   • Unfortunately, our heroine is dead and in Hades, retelling her story from across the River Styx.
   • It's good stuff, too, straight out of the earth and hot as Hades, and you can boil a teakettle in a couple of minutes.
   • They are infernal machines, designed by Satan's minions in the darkest recesses of Hades.
   • If you are a litterer, enjoy it because you are surely going to Hades for your sins.
   • I said, moments after I had given a resounding cheer that we had, for the last time, descended from Hades.
   • However, this being the mortal plane and not Hades, these various screw-ups all had a happy ending.
   • Until you find the Kingdom of Hades, your bodies will stay as lifeless as stone.
   • My life, also know as Hades, turned into hell when my mother passed away.
   • The romance between he and his beloved is legend as is his decent to Hades.
   • Nevertheless, it is a non-profit-making venture without a hope in Hades of bagging corporate sponsorship.
   • He gave them weights and measures, taught them all arts, and escorted the dead to Hades.
   • Andy, Markie, and Sarah all got in a Hades and warned Kevin not to shoot them.
   • Most people ended up in Hades, a dark, gloomy place with howling dogs, screaming monsters and the souls of the dead.
   • If there is justice in the afterlife, he is getting banged around Hades like a brick in a clothes drier.
   • He has not got a snowball's chance in the flames of Hades of convincing me!

   Synonyms

   hell, the underworld, the land/abode of the dead, the infernal regions, the netherworld, the nether regions, the abyss

   eternal damnation, eternal punishment, perdition

   Biblical Gehenna, Tophet, Abaddon

   Judaism Sheol

   Greek Mythology Tartarus, Acheron

   Roman Mythology Avernus

   Scandinavian Mythology Niflheim

   British the other place

   literary the pit, the shades

   archaic the lower world