beholden
32
8.0
- adjective
- /bɪˈhoʊldən/
- Formal
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- You are beholden to your biology.
- beholden to mandates
- beholden to the party
- beholden to the government
They are so beholden to two foreign people.
- They are so beholden to two foreign people.
- But isn't Elon super beholden to the government?
- When someone is doing stuff for you and you feel incompetent and beholden, that's toxic control.
- I want to be held but not beholden.
- Become the platform, not be beholden to it.
- So they don't want you to feel beholden to them or like they've been ripping you off.
- If we don't at least consider those things, then we'll be, you know, beholden to nonsense all day long.
- So an only child may feel even more beholden to the parents in some cases, but not always.
- And I just don't want to be beholden to it or feel like it's an onerous thing.
- With that said though, Asus, like Apple as we showed recently, is still beholden to the laws of physics.
- For one thing, I speak to young people all the time and try to encourage them not to be beholden to these two parties.
- But but the thing that Trump really changed about DC is that he was not beholden to the moneyed interests.
- They express stronger emotions and can pick up the mood of the people they're beholden to.
Examples
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I, for one, would never want to be beholden to the French.
Fiction book (1994) -
I am beholden to Your Lordship.
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For one thing, I speak to young people all the time and try to encourage them not to be beholden to these two parties.
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Who are you beholden to first and foremost?
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Besides, I'm beholden to you for saving my life.
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And that's because many in Congress are beholden to the military industrial complex.
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They've become individual political entrepreneurs, elected on their own and beholden to no one in Congress.
Academic text (1990) -
And we're exposing politicians who are more beholden to special interests than their constituents.
Academic text (2007) -
And I just don't want to be beholden to it or feel like it's an onerous thing.
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I am truly beholden to you for your generous support during my time of need.
Synonyms
16
5.6
Feeling grateful to someone who has helped you
Antonyms
How Indebted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word beholden comes from the parts be- and hold, originally meaning 'held by' someone. So if you are beholden to someone, you 'owe' them thanks or feel you must 'repay' them.