noun
Mordor
MAW-daw
noun
1
(informal) A place seen as bleak, dangerous, or full of hardship — used allusively.
"Working in that basement office felt like being sent to Mordor."
How to Use Mordor
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA name from The Lord of the Rings used informally to describe anywhere bleak or menacing.
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Etymology
From Mordor, the dark, dangerous realm ruled by Sauron in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth stories. Tolkien built the name in his invented Sindarin language from words meaning "dark" and "land."