Thankful vs Beholden - What's the difference?
thankful | beholden |
Showing appreciation or gratitude.
(obsolete) Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.
Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; bound by moral obligation; indebted; obliged.
*{{quote-news, year=2012
, date=June 26
, author=Genevieve Koski
, title=Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe
, work=The Onion AV Club
As adjectives the difference between thankful and beholden
is that thankful is showing appreciation or gratitude while beholden is obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; bound by moral obligation; indebted; obliged.thankful
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Adjective
(en adjective)- I'm thankful that you helped me out today. How can I ever repay you?
Synonyms
* grateful * appreciativeAntonyms
* thanklessDerived terms
* thankfully * thankfulnessbeholden
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Alternative forms
*beholdingAdjective
(-)- From an early age, I had decided I wanted to be beholden to no one.
citation, page= , passage=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).}} English adjectives ending in -en