Associations to the word «Vermin»

Wiktionary

VERMIN, noun. (countable or uncountable) Any one of various common types of small insects or animals which cause harm and annoyance. [from c. 1300]
VERMIN, noun. (countable or uncountable) Animals that prey on game, such as foxes or weasels.
VERMIN, noun. (countable or uncountable) Obnoxious, or mean and offensive person or people. [from 1560s]

Dictionary definition

VERMIN, noun. An irritating or obnoxious person.
VERMIN, noun. Any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats; "cereals must be protected from mice and other vermin"; "he examined the child's head for vermin"; "boys in the village have probably been shooting vermin".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King