Reverse Dictionary: HARD-PRESSED

ADJECTIVES
1819 — WITH ONE’S BACK TO THE WALL hard-pressed, struggling against odds
1859 — SHOVED hard-pressed by circumstances → Amer. dial.
1870 — LANTERED hard-pressed, distracted, harassed; beaten → Eng. dial.
1874 — THRUTCHED hard pressed with work, worry, etc.; distressed or troubled in mind → Eng. dial.
1911 — TAIL-PRESSED hard-pressed, closely pursued → Sc.

VERBS
1330 — BE HARD BESTED to be hard put to it, to be hard pressed