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vermin

Syllables: ver·min/ˈvɜːmɪn/US/ˈvɝmɪn/

vermin noun: any of various common types of small insects or other animals which cause harm and annoyance.

Noun

vermin sg or pl (plural vermins)

  1. (plural, singular) Any of various common types of small insects or other animals which cause harm and annoyance.
    • The area was crawling with all sorts of vermin: fleas, lice, mice, and rats to name a few. Thus, we felt as if vermin were crawling over us.
    • Vermin was everywhere; night and day it crawled gaily over the walls and ceiling, about our bodies, and into our very food, and, although the subject did not interest us, a naturalist would have delighted in the ever-changing varieties of insect life.1903, Harry de Windt, “The Great Lena Post Road”, in From Paris to New York by Land, New York, N.Y.: Frederick Warne & Co. […], published 1904, →OCLC, part I (Europe and Asia), page 27
  2. (plural, singular) An animal that preys on game, such as a fox or a weasel.
  3. (plural, singular) An obnoxious or mean and offensive person.
    • Bring these vermin to the Palace of Justice.

vermin meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

vermin in Tamil

விலங்கு புற ஒட்டுண்ணி, புழு, ஊறுவிளைபூச்சிகள், கயவர், தீயவர்

vermin in Urdu

بدمعاش انسان, حشرات, کمینہ شخص, کیڑا, کرم موذی, موذی جانور

vermin in Malayalam

കൃമി, ശല്യവിഭാഗങ്ങൾ, കീടപ്രാണി

vermin in Kannada

ಕೇಡಿ, ಕೇಡಿಗ
More languagesFewer languages
vermin in Arabic
خَشَاش ḵašāš, هَامَّة hāmma
vermin in Persian
حشره موذی hašare-ye muzi, جک و جانور jak-o-jânevar, اراذل arâzel

Examples of vermin in a sentence

  • The disease was mainly communicated via rats and other vermin.
  • You repulsive vermin, come down here so I can bash in your head!"
  • They de-animalise us as they de-humanise foetuses before exterminating them and forget The good we do in eating vermin.

All 12 example sentences with vermin

Forms of vermin

pluralvermins
alternative form (dialectal)varmin

Plural of vermin: vermins

Origin of vermin

From Middle English vermyn, vermyne, from Old French vermine, from Vulgar Latin *verminum (“vermin”), collective noun formed from Latin vermis (“worm”). Compare vermiculate and vermivorous. See also worm.

Words formed from vermin

Words that rhyme with vermin

Questions about vermin

What does vermin mean?
Vermin means any of various common types of small insects or other animals which cause harm and annoyance.
What is vermin in Tamil?
Vermin in Tamil is விலங்கு புற ஒட்டுண்ணி, புழு, ஊறுவிளைபூச்சிகள். See Vermin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vermin?
Vermin is a noun.
How do you pronounce vermin?
Vermin is pronounced /ˈvɜːmɪn/ (UK).
What is the plural of vermin?
The plural of vermin is vermins.

Words near vermin in the dictionary

  1. vermillions
  2. vermily
  3. Vermilyea
  4. Vermilyeas
  5. vermimetry
  6. vermin
  7. verminate
  8. verminated
  9. verminates
  10. verminating
  11. vermination

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: vermin (page history and authors); vermin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vermin (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vermin (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vermin (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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