whakahāwea
1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to belittle, despise, show contempt, degrade, undermine, discriminate.
Ka roa e moe ana, ka whakahāweatia a Maota e tona tāne (M 2006:430). / After they had been married a long time Moata was belittled by her husband.
Synonyms: whakapuwheto, whakapuheto
2. (modifier) contemptuous, scornful, derisive, disdainful, sneering.
Nui atu te tiotio o ēnā kupu whakahāwea ki aku taringa (HJ 2012:206). / Those contemptuous words really jar on my ears.
3. (noun) sarcasm, disdain, scorn, contempt.
Kātahi ka kōrero i te whakahāwea a tona tāne mōna (M 2006:430). / She then spoke about her husband's scorn towards her.
Synonyms: wenerau, tokoreko, hahani, whakaiti, whakareko, whakapuwheto, whakapuheto, aniani, whakakurīmōri
