bridled

Definitions

Controlled, restrained, or checked, as if by a bridle.

Showed resentment or anger, typically by drawing up the head and drawing in the chin.

Examples

She bridled at the suggestion that she had not worked hard enough to earn the promotion.

The horse bridled when it felt the sudden tension on the reins.

Synonyms

restrained curbed controlled checked inhibited suppressed contained

Antonyms

unleashed released liberated unchecked unrestrained freed unbridled