beholden

Englanti

Adjektiivi

beholden (ei vertailuasteita)

1. (predikatiivi) kiitollisuudenvelassa oleva t. muuten veloissa ja riippuvainen

   I don't like to be beholden to anyone.

   ...Trump has a kind of autocrat’s envy for Putin, who is the strongman that Trump likes to play on television, and, at a maximum, may feel beholden to him or the Russian state and those close to it. (The New Yorker)

   The GOP did change. It became much more beholden to the anti-abortion movement. (Slate)

Liittyvät sanat

Synonyymit

• indebted
• in hock
• obliged

Verbi

beholden

1. (taivutusmuoto) partisiipin perfekti verbistä behold