whakariri
1. (verb) (whakarīria) to provoke, anger, enrage, infuriate, annoy.
Ahakoa taku mahi ki te whakariri i a ia, kāore i hamumu tana waha (PK 2008:1126). / despite my efforts to make her angry, she didn't say anything.
Synonyms: whakatenetene, whakatumatuma, whakahorohoro, whakatari, māreherehe, kōpana, pātai, pītaritari, pātari, pītari, eneene, whakapātari, patapatai, mukākā, whakatatari, taunanawe, whakapātaritari, whakakārangirangi, pātaitai, patou, pātaritari, pākani, hītaritari
2. (noun) embitterment, resentment, hostility, provocation.
He wahine i mau tonu te whakariri o te ngākau mō te 'Pākehā tāhae', ā, mō te kore e whakarite a te Karauna i ngā whakamau a tōna iwi (TTR 1998:20). / She was a woman embittered by the 'thieving Pākehā' and the repeated failures of Crown to provide redress for the grievances of her people.
Synonyms: tūāhae, hūneinei, hūngeingei, hīkaka, whakamau, ngaukino, taruhae, pākani, whakapātaritari, whakatumatuma, whakahorohoro, whakapātari, whakataratara, tāwai
