Definition of "verminous" []

• Of, relating to, or caused by vermin: verminous diseases. (adjective)
• Infested with vermin. (adjective)
• Of the nature of vermin; repulsive. (adjective)

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• "The same sort of evil could be ascribed to the Nazi regime itself, which showed its own inhumanity by treating its "verminous" victims as nonhuman."
• "—Jane Wellington, I am not touching this verminous creature, and I forbid you to have anything to do with her either!"
• "But these vociferous individuals and groups tend to ignore the obvious human component: Cats as pets are too integrated into our cultural fabric for us to consider their verminous eradication."