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vermin Definition

ver·min (vʉrmən)

noun pl. -·min

  1. various insects, bugs, or small animals regarded as pests because destructive, disease-carrying, etc., as flies, lice, rats, or weasels
  2. Brit. birds or animals that kill game
    1. a vile, loathsome person
    2. such persons collectively

Etymology: ME < OFr vermine < L vermis, a worm

vermin Synonyms

vermin

n.

insects, bugs, pests, lice, rodents, cooties*. see also insect.

Vermin include: fly, flea, louse, weevil, chigger, earwig, mealybug, mite, mosquito, cockroach, bedbug, clothes moth, centipede, tick, silverfish or fish moth, rat, mouse, weasel;

vermin Usage Examples

Converse of subject

  • damage: Cover for sails and covers, damaged by vermin.

Converse of object

  • discourage: Eliminates wastage, discourages vermin, fresh/dry food every peck.
  • attract: Do not leave litter or food on the towpath, discarded food can attract vermin.
  • shoot: Simply stating ' shooting vermin ' or ' shooting deer ' is not sufficient.
  • destroy: Some now began to undress, and three of them stripped naked to look over their clothes to destroy the vermin.
  • kill: Provided that nothing herein contained shall extend to prevent any person employed by the Conservators or acting with their consent from killing vermin.
  • keep: Owls helped to keep vermin away from the corn.

Adjective modifier

  • other: Most of the game consists of rounding up rabbits or other vermin into the swirling vortex of your vacuum vehicle machine.
  • human: Then, an attack of feral spiders separates her and Shadow from the human vermin, and nearly kills her protector.
  • vicious: Attila the Mom 23-6-2006 " Cats are nothing but vicious, destructive vermin " .
  • more: The ship abounded in cockroaches and more intimate vermin.
  • little: In that time you could shoot at least a dozen of the furry little vermin.
  • ridden: Hide from reality where you cannot hurt anyone by setting disease ridden vermin free to hurt other humans!

Modifies a noun

  • proof: The bin which holds grain for milling into flour has been modified to be vermin proof in the interests of current standards of hygiene.
  • control: Others still, use rifles for vermin control or deer stalking.
  • problem: Nationally, the vermin problem is increasing due to more litter on our streets.
  • service: For an additional £ 21.99 per year they will offer a vermin control service covering problems with the above five pests.
  • damage: Long straw is always covered with wire netting to protect the thatch from bird and vermin damage.
  • traps: UK manufacturers & suppliers of humane and live catch animal / vermin traps for quick UK delivery from our own large stocks.

Noun used with modifier

  • hunting: So we are now banned from hunting vermin with dogs, but are gleefully destroying valuable food species.
vermin Quotes

Given the state of the planet, humans, or some humans, must now be categorized as vermin.

—Carey,John

No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep and burning hatred for theTory Party that inflicted those experiences on me. So far as I am concerned, theyare lower than vermin.

—Bevan, Aneurin