Synonyms for obliged


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-blahyj
Phonetic Transcription : əˈblaɪdʒ

Top 10 synonyms for obliged Other synonyms for the word obliged

Définition of obliged

Origin :
  • c.1600, past participle adjective from oblige. To be obliged "be bound by ties of gratitude" is from 1540s.
  • adj bound
Example sentences :
  • He never ceased to feel cheated when he was obliged to ride in New York.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • I think, on the whole, I shan't be obliged to learn to braid straw.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Sometimes he packed clumsily, and she was obliged to do his work over.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • I was once a poor boy myself, obliged to struggle for my living.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Only Ambrose was, at parting for the night, obliged to ask him for the key of the gate.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Therefore I was obliged to turn back, as our horses were done up.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • But this does not astonish us when we understand the difficulties which he was obliged to solve.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • Little Brown completely gave in, and we were obliged to leave him.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • He had himself been obliged to bail out three times, running in from the reef.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Is she not for ever obliged (as she was pleased to hint to me) to be of the forbearing side?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
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