hard-pressedadjective
uk/ˌhɑːdˈprest/us/ˌhɑːrdˈprest/having a lot of difficulties doing something, especially because there is not enough time or money:
The latest education reforms have put extra pressure on teachers who are already hard-pressed.
Because of shortages, the emergency services were hard-pressed to deal with the accident.
Most people would be hard-pressed (= would find it difficult) to name more than half a dozen members of the government.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Experiencing difficulties
- be
- be (caught) between a rock and a hard place idiom
- be climbing the walls idiom
- be for the high jump idiom
- be/come up against a brick wall idiom
- creek
- difficulty
- embattled
- fall into sth
- flounder
- frying pan
- leg
- out of the frying pan into the fire idiom
- patch
- pickle
- pressed
- pushed
- ride
- rocky road idiom
- thin
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