bridle
[noun]
Synonyms:
- curb, check, control, rein, restraint
[verb]
Synonyms:
- get angry, be indignant, bristle, draw (oneself) up, get one's back up, raise one's hackles, rear up

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Antonyms: vent
Contrasted words: air, express, utter, ventilate, voice
Related Words: repress, suppress, control, manage, govern, rule

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. bri‧dle¹ /ˈbraɪdl/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: bridel]
a set of leather bands put around a horse’s head and used to control its movements

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II. bridle² verb

1. [intransitive] written to become angry and offended about something
bridle at
The senator bridled at the reporter’s question.

2. [transitive] to put a bridle on a horse

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