Hard-pressed

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hard-pressed
       adj : facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "the
             troubled car industry"; "distressed companies need
             loans and technical advice"; "financially hard-pressed
             Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"; "we were
             hard put to meet the mortgage paymentng"; "it was
             apparent that the magazine was in trouble"; "found
             themselves in a bad way financially" [syn: {distressed},
              {hard put}, {in a bad way(p)}, {in trouble(p)}]