Hard up

Synonyms for "hard up" (47 found)

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Closest matches (10)

badly offbrokedesperatedestitutedistresseddown to bedrockembarrassedfeeling the pinchhardhard pressed

Strong matches (14)

ill offill-offimpecuniousin desperate straitsin extremisin extremitiesin narrow circumstancesin queer streetin reduced circumstancesin straitened circumstancesindigent
Adjective(2 words)
impecuniousin straitened circumstances
Adjective(1 words)
impoverished

Related words (23)

land-poornarrowneedyon the edgeout of pocketpinchedpoorpoorly offreducedshortshort of cashshort of fundsshort of moneysorely pressedsqueezedstraitenedstrappedunmoneyedunprosperousup against it
Adjective(3 words)
pennilesspenuriouspinched

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1886, Jerome K. Jerome, Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, On being hard up I can speak with authority on the subject of being hard up. I have been a provincial actor. If further evidence be required, which I do not think likely, […]

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We were hard up for amusements.

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Dating him? She must be hard up.

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