dark realm
Kingdom without sun
A dark realm is a shadowy, sinister domain—often supernatural, evil, or hidden from ordinary sight.
The phrase appears in fantasy and horror contexts: The sorcerer drew his power from a dark realm beyond the mortal world.
It can describe any threatening sphere of existence, literal or metaphorical: She had descended into a dark realm of addiction and despair.
- shadowLight blocked by object
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
- underworldRealm of the departed
- netherworldRealm of the dead
- voidWithout legal effect
gloom · twilight · hell · gates of hell · inferno · oblivion · pit of despair · chasm · depths · haunted · sinister · demon · specter · throne · dungeon · cursed · forsaken · lost souls
- afterlifeheaven, hell, paradise, purgatory, limbo
- imaginary worldsdreamland, fairyland, wonderland, dream world, fantasy land
- realmskingdom, domain, Heaven, Hades, Nirvana
- UnderworldHades, Tartarus, netherworld, Sheol, Styx
- Greek underworldHades, Tartarus, Elysium, Styx, Persephone
- Hellhellfire, brimstone, lake of fire, eternal fire, perdition
dark realmheaven
Sky or bliss
paradise · divine realm · kingdom of God · kingdom of heaven · celestial realm
dark realmheaven
Sky or bliss
paradise · elysium · Valhalla · promised land · eternal reward
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