'hard-pressed' definitions:
Definition of 'hard-pressed'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: distressed, hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way(p)]
Definition of 'hard-pressed'
From: 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]