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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty;
- Example: "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"
- Example: "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"
- Example: "we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment"
- Example: "found themselves in a bad way financially"
[syn: distressed, hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way(p)]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hard put
    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)]