whakaweriweri
1. (verb) to be disgusting, offensive, revolting, distasteful, obnoxious, odious, repugnant, abominable, detestable, nasty.
He pūtake hoki nō ngā kino katoa te aroha ki te moni. Tērā mārire anō te kaiponu tika mā te tangata, me te hiahia ki te whaitaongatanga. Tēnā ko te apo noa, ko te ngākau riro pū ki runga ki te moni, ko te atuapo, he mea kūare rawa ēnā, he mea whakaweriweri rawa (TWMNT 23/2/1875:46). / The love of money is the root of all evil. There is a frugality appropriate for a person, along with a desire for property, but greed, corruption, and meanness, show extreme ignorance and are despicable.
Synonyms: maninohea, weriweri, manuheko, maniheko, rihariha, mōrikarika, mōrihariha, wetiweti, kino, tukituki, whakaparahako, mataharehare, kerakera, anuanu, harehare, piro, hākiki, kōkiri
2. (modifier) disfiguring, defacing, horrible, offensive, awful, ugly, disagreeable, abominable, disgusting, revolting.
E hika mā, kia tūpato rawa i tēnei mate, he mate whakaweriweri i te āhua o te tangata (TP 7/1913:2). / My friends, be very cautious about this disease, it's an illness that disfigures a person's appearance.
3. (noun) ugliness, offensiveness, nastiness, unpleasantness, repulsiveness, horribleness, abomination, horror.
E whakaaro ana ētahi iwi ko te whakaweriweri i te āhua o te tangata te painga o te haka, ehara i te mea ko te rite o te takahi o te waewae, o te whiu o te ringa, ko te ngāwari o te tinana, ko te rahi o te reo (HKW 1/6/1901:6). / Some people think that it is the ugliness of a person's appearance that makes a good haka performance, not the unison of the stamping of the feet, the actions, the suppleness of the body and the volume of the voice.
Synonyms: weriweri, manuheko, mōrihariha, āhuaatua, maninohea
