as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
a seedy saloon that attracts the most low-down, dirty varmints in town
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Recent Examples of varmint
Jett Rink was a really malevolent varmint, and kind of swarthy and dark.
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Jeff Conway, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
After arriving, having supper with Briggs and hunting all night, the hunters called the area clear of varmints.
—Buckley T. Foster Special To The Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Anyone who even believes in a safe zone these days is living in a dream world, and should probably resort to more drastic measures to remove the weeds and varmints from their heads.
—Bob Lorentson, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2024
That is if dogs or varmints haven’t gotten there first, tearing open the bags and leaving the contents strewn across people’s yards.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
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Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.—
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Police brought in hundreds of law enforcement personnel with dogs, armored carriers, horses and helicopters that circled overhead.—
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Trump calls Bruce Springsteen a 'jerk': The president slapped back after the musician voiced criticism at concertNeed a break?—
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Millions of readers follow along for her advice on work quandaries big and small, from dealing with office jerks to quitting a toxic job.—
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That’s a sure way to invite not only raccoons but other unwanted guests such as mice, opossums, and skunks.—
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While pesticides sprayed on crops and the Varroa mite both pose major risks for honey bees, bears and skunks can also be destructive predators to colonies, according to Hesbach.—
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Matthew Davies, 41, was taken into custody on suspicion of assaulting a man with a glass bottle while dressed up as a clown on Oct. 31, 2018, according to a news release issued by the department.—
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In the ‘30s and ‘40s, there were all these clowns trying to sell things, and then there was Krinkles the Clown trying to sell cereal [in the ‘50s].—
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Also, humans consume red dye No. 3 at levels far lower than those shown to cause cancer in two studies of rats, according to the FDA.—
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The sci-fi series has given us everything from mutant super-soldiers to all-out war between a farmer and an army of rats.—
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Testing their ability to parse through patchy visual information, the puzzles prompted participants to identify ambiguous black-and-white images of objects and of animals, such as snakes, snails, and spiders.—
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The exact location of the den complex are withheld for the snakes' safety, according to Bachhuber.—
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These jokers are still just hanging out and having the same old drinking parties.—
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Thousands of the jihadist jokers had either their private parts or their ears blown off when the Zionist entity set them off last year.—
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This could include, but is not limited to, major vermin contamination.—
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And iPhone 15 Pro Max At Lower Prices Avoid letting the vehicle sit parked for extended periods of time when vermin could find the solace especially hospitable.—
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“Varmint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/varmint. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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