MEANING
Infested with vermin, especially small pests such as lice.
Use it for
Infested garments against skin; pests living on a body; neglect revealed through crawling matterLocate the infestation rather than using the adjective as a judgment of a person.
Words that belong together
- verminous bedding
- verminous clothing
- verminous fur
On the page
The verminous bedding was moving in several places.
They removed the animal's verminous collar.
Verminous clothing lay beside the otherwise immaculate examination table.
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Word forms
- Base
- verminous
Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Describes infestation, not merely a wormlike shape. Applied to people, it may become dehumanizing; bodily evidence is more precise than a moral insult. Adjective; comparison: more verminous, most verminous. Derived/related family (not inflections): vermin (base noun).
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