wetiweti
1. (verb) to be disgusting, loathsome, abhorrent, horrible, repulsive, revolting, vile, ghastly, grisly, gruesome, horrid, shocking, undesirable.
I tino wetiweti rawa te kōhurutanga i ētahi wahine, i ngā mihinare hoki - i te kino rawa e kore e tāia e mātou (HKW 1/11/1900:9). / The murder of some women and missionaries was extremely gruesome - so terrible that we will not publish the details.
Synonyms: whakarihariha, whakaweriweri, rihariha
2. (modifier) disgusting, loathsome, abhorrent, horrible, repulsive, revolting, vile, ghastly, grisly, gruesome, horrid, shocking, undesirable.
Ko ērā atu anō o ngā mahi wetiweti atu a Huata, he kimi haere i ngā tūpāpaku, me te whakahaere i te mahi kari rua hei nehu i ngā tūpāpaku (TTR 2000:83). / Huata also had other grisly tasks, including looking for bodies and supervising the digging of graves to bury the dead.
3. (noun) disgust, loathing, revulsion, distaste, abhorrence, horror, repulsion, repugnance.
Ka nui tōna wetiweti ki ngā kōrero whakarihariha e rongo ana ia (HKW 1/3/1900:2). / She had a great disgust for the appalling stories she heard.
Synonyms: whakapairuaki, whakarihariha, ongaonga, whakaanuanu, konekone, whakahouhou, mauāhara, whakarikarika
