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单词 hard put
释义

hard put

adjective

: barely able : faced with difficulty or perplexity
was hard put to find an explanation

Synonyms

  • baffled
  • confounded
  • hard-pressed
  • nonplussed
  • nonplused
  • perplexed
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Example Sentences

she was hard put to explain her department's excessive expenditures
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Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

hard put

adjective

as in perplexed
faced with difficulty or uncertainty about what to say, think, or do she was hard put to explain her department's excessive expenditures

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • perplexed
  • baffled
  • at a loss
  • put to it
  • confused
  • embarrassed
  • bewildered
  • put out
  • nonplussed
  • nonplused
  • confounded
  • hard-pressed
  • flustered
  • fazed
  • disconcerted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • undaunted
  • untroubled
  • composed
  • unfazed
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