What is "beholden" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does beholden mean in English? Meaning of beholden definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "beholden" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "beholden": under a moral obligation to someone

Adjective

  • Meaning: under a moral obligation to someone
  • Synonyms: beholden
  • Similar: obligated
  • Pronunciation in UK: /bɪˈhəʊl.dən/

  • Adjective: Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; bound by moral obligation; indebted; obliged. From an early age, I had decided I wanted to be beholden to no one. 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, The Onion AV Club: But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, The Onion AV Club: But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).
  • Synonyms:

    obliged, obligated, grateful, owing, bound, into, responsible, in hock, on a string, on the arm, on the cuff, on the tab, owe one, under obligation,

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