怒おこらせる

also: いからせる

怒らせる · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

make angry; anger; offend; rile up; provoke

Standard causative form of 怒る (おこる). Used when someone or something causes another person to become angry.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

square (shoulders); raise (voice) in anger; make (eyes) glare

Only with reading いからせる

Rare reading いからせる, used in specific physical expressions of anger. Not productive in modern Japanese; mostly found in literary or fixed phrases.

〈人ひと〉を怒おこらせるto make someone angry
彼かれは冗じょう談だんで友とも達だちを怒おこらせてしまった。
He accidentally angered his friend with a joke.
〈事こと〉が〈人ひと〉を怒おこらせるfor something to anger someone
彼かれの無む責せき任にんな態たい度どが私わたしを怒おこらせた。
His irresponsible attitude made me angry.
肩かたをいからせるto square one's shoulders in anger
彼かれは肩かたをいからせて怒ど鳴なった。
He squared his shoulders and shouted angrily.
目めをいからせるto glare with flashing eyes
彼かの女じょは目めをいからせて彼かれをにらんだ。
She glared at him with eyes flashing in anger.

怒おこるN4sense 1
怒る is the intransitive verb 'to get angry', while 怒らせる is its transitive causative form 'to make someone angry'.
怒いかるN1sense 2
いかる is the older, literary intransitive verb 'to get angry', and いからせる (a reading of 怒らせる) is its rare causative form used in fixed physical expressions.

挑ちょう発はつ sense 1
挑発する means to deliberately provoke or incite someone, while 怒らせる focuses on the result of making that person angry, whether intentional or not.

起おこすN4sense 1
起こす (to cause or wake someone up) is easily confused with the base verb behind 怒らせる because both share the same おこる/おこす sound pattern, but 起こす has nothing to do with anger.

怒らせる
- おこらせる
  Standard spelling for the common reading おこらせる.
- いからせる
  Rare reading いからせる, used in limited expressions. The kanji form is the same as the common reading, so context is needed.
いからせる

Causative form of 怒る (おこる, 'to get angry'), formed by adding 〜せる to the stem. The rare reading いからせる is the causative of the older verb いかる.