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verminlike

verminlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of vermin.

Adjective

verminlike (comparative more verminlike, superlative most verminlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of vermin.
    • For good reason military leaders attempt to instill in their troops beliefs about the nonhumanity—the bestiality or animality or verminlike character—of the enemy.2015, J. M. Bernstein, Torture and Dignity: An Essay on Moral Injury, page 170

Forms of verminlike

comparativemore verminlike
superlativemost verminlike

Origin of verminlike

From vermin + -like.

Questions about verminlike

What does verminlike mean?
Verminlike means resembling or characteristic of vermin.
What part of speech is verminlike?
Verminlike is an adjective.

Words near verminlike in the dictionary

  1. verminers
  2. verminicidal
  3. verminicide
  4. verminicides
  5. verminiferous
  6. verminlike
  7. verminly
  8. verminous
  9. verminously
  10. verminproof
  11. verminproofed

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