n. 1 restraint, curb, check, control Man has need of a bridle on his passions
v. 2 curb, check, restrain, hold in, control You must learn to bridle your temper 3 bristle, draw oneself up, be or become indignant, take offence or umbrage or affront (at), be affronted or offended (by) She bridled at the suggestion that she was responsible for Keith's departure