bridled
past simple and past participle ofbridle
bridle
verb
uk/ˈbraɪ.dəl/us/ˈbraɪ.dəl/bridleverb(SHOW ANGER)
[I]
to showsuddenanger:
She bridledatthesuggestionthat she had beendishonest.
Becoming angry and expressing anger
- (almost) burst a blood vesselidiom
- ape
- ballistic
- bananas
- bay for bloodidiom
- blow
- chip
- fulminating
- fume
- get bent out of shapeidiom
- getyourknickers in a twistidiom
- givesomeoneevilsidiom
- postal
- sharp
- stew
- storm
- temper
- tempered
- tempers get frayedidiom
- turn inyourgraveidiom
bridleverb(CONTROL ANIMAL)
[T]
to put a bridle on ahorseorsimilaranimal:
Pollysaddledand bridled herfavouritehorse.
Horse riding
- bridle
- canter
- cinch
- curry
- endurance rider
- endurance riding
- equestrianism
- eventer
- girth
- high-spirited
- horseman
- jib
- jodhpurs
- mounted
- pony trekking
- rein
- saddle-sore
- sidesaddle
- snaffle
- whip
Examplesofbridled
bridled
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
That is the working of the free market economy—unless it isbridled.
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Alas, he is bitted andbridledand hobbled and haltered till he can hardly move.
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For example, the rarebridledtern which breeds at the height of summer needs vegetation or shade to keep cool.
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We regret very much our education authority arebridledin that particular way, because we are particularly pleased with our education authority.
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It has been a sporting preparation for wars, a place of derring-do,bridledskills and unbridled spirits, and all without harm intentionally brought on a single human being.
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So they harnessed andbridledthe old grey mare.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Once they understood its placid nature, however, theybridledit and allowed even their children to ride on it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Several of their ponies,bridledbut riderless, were captured during the evening.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is also known as thebridledclownfish, red clownfish, or tomato anemonefish.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The shield is adorned with a helmet, carrying a crest: a horse's headbridled.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At the horse's instructions, hebridledthe third horse that came to them, and then distracted the magician's raven by throwing the meat behind them.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They are territorial and aggressive at defending their territories from others of the same species and other species such asbridledwhite-eyes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In turn the moralistic rank and filebridledat the boss rule.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The horse should then bebridled, to make sure he accepts the bit, and mounted, to assess if he will stand still for the rider.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His horse was saddled andbridled, but he was leading the horse by the bridle.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
- thirst-trap
- thirsty
- thirsty work
- thirsty-work
- thirteen
- thirteenth
- thirties
- thirtieth
- thirty
- thirtyfold
- Thirty-Share Index
- thirty-share-index
- thirtysomething
- this
- this and that
- this-and-that
- this is the life!
- this-is-the-life
- this minute
- this-minute
- this, our, etc. neck of the woods
- this-our-etc-neck-of-the-woods
- this-side-of
- this side of something
- this side of sth