Obliged

uh-BLYJD (/əˈblaɪdʒd/)

to be grateful or thankful; duty-bound.

“Work was intense last month, and I was much obliged to my natural superpower of functioning on as little as 3 hours of sleep.”

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to express one's opinions in a way considered annoyingly pompous and dogmatic.

to reject as having no authority or binding force; to disown.

prohibiting violation; secure from destruction or violation.

a reply, especially a sharp or witty one.

a traitor who collaborates with an enemy occupying force.

self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental.