beholden

1. 1.

   under a moral obligation to someone

   Similarobligated

Questions about beholden

What does beholden mean?

beholden means "under a moral obligation to someone".

How many syllables are in beholden?

beholden has 3 syllables: be-hol-den. The stress falls on "hol". In IPA it is /bɪˈhoʊldən/.

Is beholden a common word?

beholden is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.