Definitions for beholden

beholden be·hold·en

Spelling: [bih-hohl-duh n]
IPA: /bɪˈhoʊl dən/

Beholden is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 197 anagrams from letters in beholden (bdeehlno).

Definitions for beholden

adjective

  1. obligated; indebted:

Origin of beholden

1300-50; Middle English, adj. use of beholden, old past participle of behold

Examples for beholden

Huckabee is also not burdened by, or beholden to, foreign investors.

"There's not a man of you who is not beholden to Parson Christian," said Hugh, sternly.

beholden to a base that, like a capricious autocrat, will turn against them at the slightest provocation.

Then, sinking before him in a deep courtesy, "I am beholden to you," she said.

Twice have I been beholden to you for my life, and now I am in your debt.

As a company that is beholden to stockholders, Kate Spade usually lags, not leads trends.

Accusing his opponents of being locked in a Cold War mind-set, it is Stone who is beholden to old orthodoxies.

He thought he was a strong man again, with his children about him, and beholden to no one.

Its members would not be beholden to any special interest groups, at all, for their selection.

You may be assured, that I will sooner be beholden to you, than to any body living.

Word Value for beholden
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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