hard-pressed
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty“distressed companies need loans and technical advice”“financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices”“we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment”“found themselves in a bad way financially”Synonyms: distressedhard putin a bad way(p)
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
hard-pressed \hard-pressed\ adj. facing or experiencing trouble or difficulty; as, financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices; they were hard-pressed to find a substitute on short notice; -- see distressed[1].
Syn: distressed, hard put, in a bad way(predicate), in trouble(predicate). [WordNet 1.5]