HARD-PRESSED Synonyms

• bearing a stress or accent

• suffering severe physical strain or distress

• engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity

• a demanding or stimulating situation

• a call to engage in a contest or fight

• questioning a statement and demanding an explanation

• a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror

• a demand by a sentry for a password or identification

• take exception to

• issue a challenge to

• ask for identification

• raise a formal objection in a court of law

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• charge someone with too many tasks

• cover completely or make imperceptible

• overcome by superior force

• the act of applying force in order to move something away

• the force used in pushing

• enterprising or ambitious drive

• an electrical switch operated by pressing

• an effort to advance

• move with force

• press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action

• make publicity for; try to sell (a product)

• strive and make an effort to reach a goal

• press against forcefully without moving

• approach a certain age or speed

• exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for

• sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs)

• move strenuously and with effort

• make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby

• facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty

• generalized feeling of distress

• facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty

• suffering severe physical strain or distress

• afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief

• a state of extreme distress

• facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty