hard-pressed

adjective

1 the hard-pressed French infantry:

under attack, closely pursued, hotly pursued, harried, hounded.

2 organizations that are hard-pressed financially:

in difficulties, under pressure, under stress, troubled, beleaguered, harassed, with one's back to the wall, with one's back up against the wall, in a tight corner, in a tight spot, between a rock and a hard place;

busy, overburdened, overworked, overloaded, overtaxed, rushed off one's feet, time-poor;

North American at the end of one's rope;

informal pushed, up against it;

British, informal under the cosh.

▷antonyms untroubled.

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