CEFR C1

exasperate

Translation

いら立たせる / うんざりさせる / 腹を立てさせる

Meaning

Exasperate means to make someone very annoyed, impatient, or frustrated, often after repeated problems. The object is usually a person or group. The learner trap is using it when you mean exacerbate, which means to make a bad situation worse.

Examples

  • 何度も変わる説明に、利用者はすっかりいら立ちました。
    The repeated changes in the explanation exasperated users.
  • 彼の返事の遅さはチーム全体をうんざりさせました。
    His slow replies exasperated the whole team.