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 baffled, confounded, hard-pressed, nonplussed (also nonplused), perplexedRelated Words bewildered, confused, disconcerted, fazed; embarrassed, flustered, put outNear Antonyms undaunted, unfazed; composed, untroubled