beholden (root: behold)

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: be=hold=en

CIDE DICTIONARY

beholden, p. a. [Old p. p. of behold, used in the primitive sense of the simple verb hold.].

 Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted.  [1913 Webster]
"But being so beholden to the Prince."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

beholden, predic.adj. (usu. foll. by to) under obligation.

Etymology

past part. (obs. except in this use) of BEHOLD, = bound

THESAURUS

beholden

acknowledging, appreciative, beholden to, bound, bounden, bounden to, cognizant of, committed, crediting, duty-bound, grateful, in debt, in duty bound, indebted, indebted to, much obliged, obligate, obligated, obliged, obliged to, pledged, saddled, sensible, thankful, tied, under obligation

ROGET THESAURUS

beholden

Gratitude

N gratitude, thankfulness, feeling of obligation, sense of obligation, acknowledgment, recognition, thanksgiving, thanksgiving, giving thanks, thankful good will, thanks, praise, benediction, paean, Te Deum, grace, grace before meat, grace after meat, grace before meals, grace after meals, thank offering, requital, grateful, thankful, obliged, beholden, indebted to, under obligation, Int, thanks!, many thanks!, gramercy!, much obliged!, thank you!, thank you very much!, thanks a lot!, thanks a heap, thanks loads, thank Heaven!, Heaven be praised!, Gott sei Dank!.