hard-pressed
[
hahrd
-
prest
]
/ˈhɑrdˈprɛst/
adjective
1.
heavily burdened or oppressed, as by overwork or financial difficulties; harried; put-upon.
Also,
hardpressed
.
Origin
1815-25
Synonyms
assailed, plagued, beset, bedeviled, beleaguered.
British Dictionary definitions for
hard pressed
hard-pressed
adjective
1.
in difficulties:
the swimmer was hard-pressed
2.
subject to severe competition
3.
subject to severe attack
4.
closely pursued
Idioms and Phrases with
hard pressed
hard pressed
Overburdened, put upon, as in
With all these bills to pay we find ourselves hard pressed
.
[
c. 1800
]