obliged
adjective [after verb] (GRATEFUL) /əˈblaɪdʒd/ (mainly US or formal obligated)Definition
(be) much obliged formal › used to thank someone and say that you are grateful: "Here's the information you requested." "Oh, (I'm) much obliged (to you)."Relieved and thankful be obliged if formal › used to ask someone politely to do something: I'd be obliged if you would complete and return the form as soon as possible.Polite expressions
(Definition of obliged adjective (GRATEFUL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a load/weight off your mind idiom
- appreciate verb (VALUE)
- appreciative adjective
- beholden adjective
- bless you idiom
- cheers! exclamation
- gratitude noun
- I owe you (one) idiom
- release noun (MAKING FREE)
- relief noun (HAPPINESS)
- relieved adjective
- ta exclamation
- thank you exclamation
- thank you noun
- thankful adjective
- thankfully adverb
- thanks a million idiom
- thanks exclamation
- thanks noun
- touched adjective (GRATEFUL)
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Relieved and thankful
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