indebted

1. 1.

   owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or favors etc

   Similarobligated
2. 2.

   under a legal obligation to someone

   Similarobligated

Questions about indebted

What does indebted mean?

indebted means "owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or favors etc". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in indebted?

indebted has 3 syllables: in-deb-ted. The stress falls on "deb". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈdɛtɪd/.

Is indebted a common word?

indebted is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.