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.