OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 8553

vermin

/ˈvɝmɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
alimania • alimaña • sabandija
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 natural…
alimania • alimaña • gentuza • sabandija
An obnoxious or mean and offensive person.
Bring these vermin to the Palace of Justice.
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