vermin
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noun \ˈvər-mən\ plural vermin
Definition of VERMIN
1
a : small common harmful or objectionable animals (as lice or fleas) that are difficult to control b : birds and mammals that prey on game c : animals that at a particular time and place compete (as for food) with humans or domestic animals
2
: an offensive person
See Examples of VERMIN
- The room was crawling with roaches and other vermin.
- <the vermin who looted abandoned houses after the hurricane>
Origin of VERMIN
Middle English, from Anglo-French vermin, vermine, from verm worm, from Latin vermis
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to VERMIN
- Synonyms
- bastard, beast, bleeder [British], blighter [chiefly British], boor, bounder, bugger, buzzard, cad, chuff, churl, clown, creep, cretin, crud [slang], crumb [slang], cur, dirtbag [slang], dog, fink, heel, hound, joker, louse, lout, pill, rat, rat fink, reptile, rotter, schmuck [slang], scum, scumbag [slang], scuzzball [slang], skunk, sleaze, sleazebag [slang], sleazeball [slang], slime, slimeball [slang], slob, snake, so-and-so, sod [chiefly British], stinkard, stinker, swine, toad, varmint, jerk
Other Zoology Terms
ver·min
noun \ˈvər-mən\ (Medical Dictionary)plural ; vermin
Medical Definition of VERMIN
: small common harmful or objectionable animals (as lice or fleas) that are difficult to control
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