muhari
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to speak evil of, backbite, malign, denigrate, disparage.
Ko au pea e, kai ngā whare rā e muhari ana mō te pakihore (JPS 1898:131). / Perhaps it is me in that house being maligned for idleness.
See also ngau tuarā
Synonyms: kohimu, ngau tuarā, kōhumuhumu, kōhimuhimu, muhani, tūtara, whakakino, whakaparahako, whakatūtūā, whakahahani, whakahariharitae, kehi, whakakinokino, muheni, whakatuohu
