2. Belonging to, characteristic of, or constituting another and very different place, society, or person; strange. See Synonyms at foreign. 3. Dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed, as in nature: emotions alien to her temperament.
n, pl -thens or -then. 1. (Alternative Belief Systems) a person who does not acknowledge the God of Christianity, Judaism, or Islam; pagan. 2. an uncivilized or barbaric person. 3. (Alternative Belief Systems) the heathen (functioning as plural) heathens collectively.
Wiktionary (5.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition: beholden (Adjective) Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; bound by moral obligation; indebted; obliged. From an early age, I had decided I wanted to be beholden to no one.