HARD-PRESSED: Meaning and related words

We found 20 dictionaries that define the word hard-pressed:

General (18 matching dictionaries)

hard-pressed: Merriam-Webster
hard-pressed: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
hard-pressed: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
hard-pressed, hard-pressed: Collins English Dictionary
hard-pressed: Vocabulary.com
Hard-Pressed, Hard-pressed, hard-pressed: Wordnik
hard-pressed: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
hard-pressed: Wiktionary
hard-pressed: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
hard-pressed: Infoplease Dictionary
hard-pressed: Dictionary.com
hard-pressed: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
hard-pressed: Rhymezone
hard-pressed: FreeDictionary.org
hard-pressed: Mnemonic Dictionary
hard-pressed: TheFreeDictionary.com

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hard-pressed: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

hard-pressed: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ adjective: (idiomatic, usually with to-infinitive) Barely able. Having difficulty doing something.
▸ adjective: (idiomatic) Experiencing financial difficulty or difficulty in surviving.

Opposite:

affluent, well-off, prosperous, wealthy, rich

Colors:

charcoal, slate gray, steel blue, gunmetal, ash gray, more...

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