hard-pressed

2 definitions found

hard-pressed - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

hard-pressed - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hard-pressed
      adj 1: 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)
             ]