とがらせる

とがらす, とがらせる【尖らす, 尖らせる】

1 〔先端や角を鋭くする〕 sharpen 《a pencil》; make 《a stake》 sharp; cut [taper] 《bamboo》 to a point; give a point to….

●鉛筆を尖らす sharpen a pencil

・口を尖らす pout; pout one's lips (out); make a pout

・口を尖らせている be pouting [sulking]; have a case of [be in] the pouts

・肩を尖らせたデザイン a design with sharply defined shoulders.

2 〔過敏にする〕 put 《one's nerves》 on edge; make sb sensitive to…; 〔荒げる〕 make 《one's voice》 harsh.

●神経を尖らす one's nerves get [are] on edge; get [become] nervous [edgy]

・声を尖らす speak harshly [sharply] 《to…》; raise one's voice in anger

・声を尖らせて with an edge to one's voice.