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maninohea

1. (verb) to be offensive, repulsive, disgusting, obnoxious, odious, unpalatable, unpleasant.

Ki a au, kua maninohea noa te āhua o te whakamahia o ētahi o ēnei reanga, tāne mai, wāhine mai, i te āhua o ō rātau reo kōrero. He reo kaupoai noa iho (Wharehuia 2015). / In my opinion, the way some of these current generations use the language is unpalatable, both by men and women. It's just cowboy language.

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Synonyms: whakaweriweri, hākiki, kōkiri, weriweri, kino, tukituki, whakaparahako, mataharehare, kerakera, mōrihariha, anuanu, harehare, piro


2. (verb) to be dispirited, exhausted, listless, out of sorts.

I roto i ētahi o ngā tukinga a te ito i a Tūhoe, ka maninohea ngā toa (TTR 1990:54). / In some of the attacks of Tūhoe's enemy, the warriors were dispirited.

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Synonyms: tūrūruhi, toupiore, wairuhi, ngoringori, korou kore, ngoikore, whakaroau, ngehe, anuhea, hangenge, iwikore, taharangi, ārangirangi, kahakore, hauhauaitu, ānewa, whakapahoho, pōngenge, whakatairuhi, tārure, tūpaku, iwingohe, maero


3. (noun) offensiveness, repulsiveness, disgust, obnoxiousness, odiousness, unpalatableness, unpleasantness.

Ehara i te hanga te maninohea o roto o tōku puku i te mahi a te tangata rā (W 1971:175). / My disgust concerning the activity of that man is not something insignificant.

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Synonyms: weriweri, mōrihariha, āhuaatua, whakaweriweri


4. (noun) disillusion, disappointment, disenchantment, dissatisfaction.

Ka kore a Tōpia e aro atu ki te Kīngitanga i runga i tana maninohea (TTR 1994:195). / Tōpia no longer took any notice of the King Movement with which he had become disillusioned.

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