hard-pressed
or hard·pressed
[ hahrd-prest ]
/ ˈhɑrdˈprɛst /
adjective
heavily burdened or oppressed, as by overwork or financial difficulties; harried; put-upon.
Origin of hard-pressed
First recorded in 1815–25
SYNONYMS FOR hard-pressed
assailed, plagued,
beset, bedeviled, beleaguered.
Words nearby hard-pressed
hard-mouthed,
hard-nose,
hard-nosed,
hard-of-hearing,
hard-on,
hard-pressed,
hard-put,
hard-rock,
hard-sell,
hard-set,
hard-shell
British Dictionary definitions for hard pressed
hard-pressed
adjective
in difficulties
the swimmer was hard-pressed
subject to severe competition
subject to severe attack
closely pursued
Idioms and Phrases with hard pressed
hard pressed
Overburdened, put upon, as in With all these bills to pay we find ourselves hard pressed. [c. 1800]