vermin

ver·min  (vûrmn)

n. pl. vermin

1. Various small animals or insects, such as rats or cockroaches, that are destructive, annoying, or injurious to health.

2. Animals that prey on game, such as foxes or weasels.

3.

a. A person considered loathsome or highly offensive.

b. Such people considered as a group.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *vermnum, from Latin vermis, worm; see wer-² in Indo-European roots.]

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vermin

Noun, pl

1. small animals collectively, such as insects and rodents, that spread disease and damage crops

2. unpleasant people [Latin vermis worm]

verminous adj

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Vermin a kind or class of obnoxious animal, 1400; applied to persons of an offensive nature, 1562.

Examples: vermin of the earth, 1690; of the soul, 1621.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vermin - an irritating or obnoxious person     varmint bad person - a person who does harm to others
	2.	vermin - any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats; "cereals must be protected from mice and other vermin"; "he examined the child's head for vermin"; "boys in the village have probably been shooting vermin" pest - any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"

Translations

vermin [ˈvəːmɪn] npl (animals) → bichos mpl;

(insects), (fig) → sabandijas fpl

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vermin [ˈvəːmɪn] npl → animaux mpl nuisibles (= insects); vermine f

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vermin [ˈvəːmɪn] npl → Ungeziefer nt

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vermin [ˈvəːmɪn] npl → animali mpl nocivi (= insects); insetti mpl parassiti

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vermin

n vermin [ˈvəːmin]

undesirable or troublesome pests such as fleas, rats, or mice Farmers are always having trouble with various types of vermin; It is vermin such as these men that are trying to destroy society. plaagdiere هوام، حَشَرات طُفَيْلِيَّه вредители havěť skadedyr das Ungeziefer βλαβερά ζώα, παράσιτα, καθάρματα parásito; chusma, gentuza kahjurid جانور موذی tuholainen vermine מַזִיקִים कीड़े-मकोड़े štetočina férgek hama meindÿr parassita 害虫 해로운 동물, 해충; 인간 쓰레기 kenkėjai, parazitai parazīti; (par cilvēkiem) salašņas binatang perosak ongedierte, gespuis skadedyr, utøy robactwo, szkodniki parasita insecte dăună­toare; paraziţi паразиты; вредители škodci; háveď golazen štetočina skadedjur, ohyra พยาธิหรือสัตว์ที่เป็นอันตรายต่อสิ่งมีชีวิตอื่น haşarat, zararlı hayvan 寄生蟲；害鳥 шкідники, паразити ضرر رساں کيڑے vật hại, sâu hại 寄生虫；害鸟