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What is "hard-pressed" in English? Definition and Explanations

Updated: 11-07-2026 by Wikilanguages.net
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What does hard-pressed mean in English? Meaning of hard-pressed definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "hard-pressed" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "hard-pressed": facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty

Adjective

  • Meaning: facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
  • Example: 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: distressed hard put hard-pressed in a bad way
  • Similar: troubled
  • Adjective: (idiomatic, usually with to-infinitive) Barely able. Having difficulty doing something. Although they are still available, I think we would be hard-pressed to find one on short notice.(idiomatic) Experiencing financial difficulty or difficulty in surviving. The earthquake left the residents hard-pressed.

    • Synonyms:

    troubled, distressed, agitated, bothered, beset, worried, anxious, harassed, stressed, at wit's end,

    Antonyms:

    collected, untroubled, calm, happy,

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    hard-pressed in English: hard-pressed
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