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vermin

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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.

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

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

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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.verminvermin - an irritating or obnoxious person    
bad person - a person who does harm to others
2.verminvermin - 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

vermin [ˈvəːmɪn] nplanimaux mpl nuisibles (= insects); vermine f

vermin [ˈvəːmɪn] nplUngeziefer nt

vermin [ˈvəːmɪn] nplanimali mpl nocivi (= insects); insetti mpl parassiti

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


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- with mortal pangs The mimes become its food, And the angels sob at vermin fangs In human gore imbued.
I've never seen exquisite fallen beings, and I never shall see them, but such creatures as that painted Frenchwoman at the counter with the ringlets are vermin to my mind, and all fallen women are the same.
This of all virtues, and dignities of the mind, is the greatest; being the character of the Deity: and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing; no better than a kind of vermin.
 
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