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81ap|pressed — «uh PREHST», adjective. pressed closely; fitting closely (to) …
82de|pressed — «dih PREHST», adjective. 1. gloomy; low spirited; sad: »depressed vacationers during a spell of rainy weather. SYNONYM(S): dejected, downcast. See syn. under sad. (Cf. ↑sad) 2. pressed down; …
83un|de|pressed — «UHN dih PREHST», adjective. 1. not pressed down; not lowered; not sunk below the surface. 2. not depressed, dejected, or cast down: »disarmed but undepressed (Byron) …
84un|pressed — «uhn PREHST», adjective. 1. not pressed. 2. Figurative. not enforced …
85hard pressed — see hard pressed …
86hard pressed — challenged, faced with a hard task They ll be hard pressed to find a person who doesn t drink coffee …
87hard pressed — burdened with urgent business I am a little hard pressed for time. Can we meet later? …
88be pressed for — you shouldn t schedule an interview when you are pressed for time Syn: have too little, be short of, have insufficient, lack, be lacking (in), be deficient in, need, be/stand in need of; informal be strapped for …
89ˌhard-ˈpressed — adj not having enough money for the things that you need • be hard pressed to do sth to find it very difficult to do something[/ex] …
90hard-pressed — /had ˈprɛst / (say hahd prest) adjective under pressure created by natural conditions, a rival, an enemy, etc.: we will be hard pressed to beat the other team …