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verminous

verminous

1 9.2
Full of rats, insects, or other small animals that cause disgust
  • adjective
  • /ˈvɜrmɪnəs/
  • Offensive
translation icon : infestado de alimañas
  • The abandoned house was filled with verminous pests that made it uninhabitable.
  • verminous arteritis

Examples

  • The farmer was horrified to find verminous rodents invading his barn and destroying the crops.

  • After months of neglect, the garden became verminous and overrun with unwanted weeds.

  • A rational man turns verminous.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • That verminous creature, the master of Prokaryon?

    Fiction book (1998)
  • A rational country declares some citizens verminous and kills them.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Back to our squall and verminous abode.

  • There is a big need for specific criteria in the diagnosis of verminous arteritis in horses.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Then we all sprang up and stripped to hunt the verminous brood.

  • "But the coat was stolen off my back aboard ship on the false grounds that it was verminous, and the bosun kept my buttons though they brought him no luck.

    Blog text (5)
  • The L4s and L5s migrate through the arterial system and cause verminous arteritis with marked intima thickening infiltrated with inflammatory cells.

    Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

vermicious
vsverminous
  • Archaic
9.9

Infested with worms or small pests that harm things

is broader and also means extremely offensive or repulsive and resembling pests

Antonyms

1.0

Free from dirt or harmful things

12 3.6

Clean in a way that stops germs and sickness

How Infested

verminous
  • Offensive
1 9.2
unhygienic
3 4.8
dirty
525 1.0
clean
1.0

Surface Forms

verminous positive

Morphology

verminous = vermin (transparent) = vermin + ous

The adjective is directly formed from 'vermin' with the productive suffix '-ous', meaning 'full of or relating to vermin', which is clear to learners.

Etymology

Verminous comes from the word vermin, which comes from an old Latin word vermis meaning 'worm', so imagine a place crawling with little pests. That's why verminous describes something full of pests or very disgusting.