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HARD-PRESSED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hard-pressed mean?
• HARD-PRESSED (adjective)
The adjective HARD-PRESSED has 1 sense:
1. facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
Familiarity information: HARD-PRESSED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
Synonyms:
distressed; hard-pressed; hard put; in a bad way
Context example:
found themselves in a bad way financially
Similar:
troubled (characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need)
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