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bridle at

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Verb1.bridle at - show anger or indignation; "She bristled at his insolent remarks"
mind - be offended or bothered by; take offense with, be bothered by; "I don't mind your behavior"

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Just to complicate matters, it's almost impossible to sell a used boat that doesn't have a slip, so boat owners like me have a vital interest in maintaining the status quo -- just as would-be boat buyers bridle at having their choice effectively bottled up.
Some traditional scholars of the German baroque will bridle at the heavy doses of literary theory, but will find a reward in Newman's non-condescending attitude to texts often disqualified as minor and manneristic; by taking them and their project seriously, she is able to evaluate them on their own terms and to demonstrate how and why their nature is fundamentally different from the Renaissance and Enlightenment texts that too often provide the standards for their evaluation.
 
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