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Synonyms & Antonyms of hard-pressed
faced with difficulty or uncertainty about what to say, think, or do
- they will be hard-pressed to come up with any facts that actually support their argument
Synonyms for hard-pressed
- baffled,
- confounded,
- hard put,
- nonplussed
- (also nonplused),
- perplexed
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“Hard-pressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-pressed. Accessed 6 Dec. 2021.
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The first known use of hard-pressed was in 1707
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