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What is another word for
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Stressed, rushed, panicked, overly busy or preoccupied
So surprised and confused that one is unsure how to react
Under a great deal of strain and worry
Characterized by causing hardships or problems
Without money or financially impoverished
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Adjective
▲
Stressed, rushed, panicked, overly busy or preoccupied
harried
hounded
occupied
busy
employed
on the go
at work
on the hop
on the job
active
bustling
industrious
hard at it
working
busy as a bee
hard at work
engaged
tied up
on the move
sedulous
tied-up
diligent
assiduous
tireless
preoccupied
lively
energetic
overloaded
wrapped up
up to one's ears
snowed
have one's hands full
engrossed
rushed off your feet
busy as a beaver
at it
laborious
hopping
unavailable
absorbed
have a previous engagement
tied down
involved
on assignment
with a customer
taken
have a prior engagement
committed
immersed
head over heels
too much on plate
in harness
on the trot
engrossed in
at work on
preoccupied with
absorbed in
humming
rushed off one's feet with
immersed in
time-poor
slaving
hustling
having fish to fry
in demand
having enough on one's plate
on the run
having many irons in the fire
tight with time
going ham
efficient
hard-working
hardworking
having a full plate
more ❯
“His clearances kept his side out of danger when required, whereas David Adamson of Stirling County did not find touch frequently enough, and when he did, it was seldom deep enough to give his
hard-pressed
pack welcome breathing space.”
Adjective
▲
So surprised and confused that one is unsure how to react
nonplussed
perplexed
confounded
baffled
nonplused
hard put
bewildered
at a loss
flummoxed
puzzled
stumped
bamboozled
confused
stunned
dumbfounded
bemused
mystified
disconcerted
muddled
fazed
thrown
at sea
stupefied
astounded
astonished
befuddled
discombobulated
floored
bushed
distracted
fuddled
shaken
discomposed
wildered
unnerved
mazed
lost
put to it
troubled
taken aback
foxed
dazed
surprised
clueless
discomfited
frustrated
vexed
dismayed
thrown off balance
at sixes and sevens
shaken up
discountenanced
disoriented
flabbergasted
speechless
gobsmacked
dumbstruck
agape
addled
overwhelmed
openmouthed
open-mouthed
stuck
bowled over
at a loss for words
lost for words
flustered
at a complete loss
beaten
uncomprehending
uncertain
mixed up
blank
worried
bedeviled
US
staggered
shocked
dopey
dizzy
bedevilled
UK
befogged
muddleheaded
shell-shocked
addlepated
mixed-up
disorientated
dopy
fogged
muzzy
silly
slaphappy
zonked
raddled
addle
spacy
amazed
spacey
spaced
punchy
pixillated
pixilated
awed
startled
thunderstruck
punch-drunk
spaced-out
zonked-out
aghast
awestruck
all at sea
rattled
dumfounded
awestricken
wide-eyed
blown away
dazzled
knocked for six
benumbed
wonderstruck
groggy
goggle-eyed
foggy
overcome
beat
adrift
fuzzy
woozy
dumb
doubtful
marveling
US
marvelling
UK
wondering
addlebrained
incredulous
slack-jawed
in a dither
spaced out
not with it
out of it
filled with astonishment
filled with amazement
filled with wonder
filled with awe
stymied
astray
unhinged
numbed
unsettled
unbalanced
buffaloed
without ideas
upset
gravelled
UK
lost at sea
woolly
UK
disorganized
US
agog
graveled
US
unglued
wooly
US
gaga
shook
disorganised
UK
dazed and confused
muddle-headed
disturbed
confusional
jolted
absent-minded
at wits' end
in a muddle
in a state of confusion
off-course
shook up
awe-struck
out to lunch
in amazement
caught on the hop
unable to believe your eyes
caught on the wrong foot
unable to believe one's ears
stupid
misty
shadowy
blurred
unsteady
reeling
had their heads messed with
besotted
staggering
vague
confusticated
got
caused to be at a stand
thrown off
giddy
hazy
numb
bollixed
uncertain which way to turn
made to scratch their head
frightened
alarmed
appalled
woolly-headed
taken by surprise
overawed
off-balance
off balance
staring
simple
horrified
enthralled
up against a brick wall
without an answer
demented
not knowing if you are coming or going
mind-blown
without a clue
deranged
gone
foolish
in a fog
nonsensical
dozy
struck dumb
left speechless
going round in circles
not knowing whether one is coming or going
off-track
tongue-tied
in shock
unstable
woolly-minded
fouled up
slap-happy
addle-brained
out-of-joint
not adjusted
off-beam
impassive
empty
vacant
unexpressive
breathless
licked
knocked
knocked out
knocked sideways
more ❯
“After witnessing the unexpected twist in the movie's plot, Mary was
hard-pressed
, unable to comprehend the turn of events.”
Adjective
▲
Under a great deal of strain and worry
struggling
pushed
pressed
harassed
troubled
overburdened
beleaguered
overloaded
overtaxed
overworked
harried
busy
under pressure
under stress
in difficulties
time-poor
under the cosh
in a tight corner
in a tight spot
in dire straits
with your back to the wall
up against it
between a rock and a hard place
with one's back up against the wall
at the end of one's rope
hard at it
stressed
hassled
pressured
tormented
worried
vexed
agitated
strained
stretched
overextended
plagued
bothered
distressed
anxious
flustered
hounded
beset
rushed
careworn
frayed
put upon
stressy
stressed out
distraught
hag-ridden
at the end of your tether
fraught
fretting
worn out
barely able
persecuted
oppressed
aggravated
burdened
long-suffering
browbeaten
uptight
in a state
pressurised
UK
hurried
pressurized
US
hot and bothered
hunted
constrained
forced
rushing
in a hurry
upset
perturbed
discomposed
disturbed
disconcerted
tense
concerned
anguished
harrowed
tortured
ruffled
unnerved
aflutter
discombobulated
nervous
jittery
disquieted
pained
jumpy
antsy
overwhelmed
afflicted
confused
edgy
overcome
shaken
haunted
dithery
uneasy
unglued
atwitter
unsettled
shook up
strung out
in a tizzy
miffed
nervy
distracted
insecure
pestered
queazy
distrait
queasy
overwrought
disconsolate
mad
spooked
alarmed
bugged
devastated
despairing
agonized
US
irked
shook
surrounded
affected
agonised
UK
ill at ease
het up
bummed out
in a stew
apprehensive
haggard
all torn up
angst-ridden
racked with suffering
frantic
miserable
inconvenienced
hinky
frenzied
desperate
goosey
possessed
hysterical
provoked
gripped
delirious
exacerbated
displeased
chagrined
mortified
afraid
dismayed
wired
sad
preoccupied
consumed
drawn
pinched
twitchy
unquiet
suffering
hurt
wretched
despondent
depressed
dejected
unhappy
troublous
frazzled
controlled
dominated
rattled
fearful
heavyhearted
broken
melancholy
sorrowful
doleful
bitter
traumatized
US
heartbroken
dolorous
desolate
morose
inconsolable
cheerless
seized
cursed
hysteric
mournful
grieving
weeping
heartsick
down
rueful
hurting
saddened
bereaved
wrecked
grieved
discountenanced
obsessed
overpowered
dogged
bedevilled
UK
bedeviled
US
mourning
woeful
crushed
gutted
dolesome
wounded
hung up
insane
held
devoured
paranoid
bewitched
sorrowing
aching
bewailing
traumatised
UK
bemoaning
wailing
violent
fiendish
neurotic
broken-hearted
cut up
grief-stricken
brokenhearted
suspicious
in a flap
in the grip of
taken over
woebegone
overcome with sorrow
under a spell
in pain
heavy with grief
racked with pain
fazed
grim
fidgety
panicked
weighed down
stricken
stressed-out
tensed
full of
under duress
on the spot
fretful
besieged
shell-shocked
on the rack
angsty
moved
uncomfortable
creeped out
shaky
discomfited
embarrassed
terror-stricken
having kittens
impatient
in a flat spin
in a spin
all of a flutter
irritable
wrung
on edge
self-conscious
all nerves
keyed up
like a fish out of water
on the qui vive
in turmoil
anxiety-ridden
wild
peeved
exercised
crazed
crazy
raving
deranged
muddled
shattered
nuts
thrown
unscrewed
unzipped
verklempt
basket case
up the wall
bundle of nerves
nonplussed
addled
beside oneself
worked up
wrought-up
in a panic
beside yourself
swivel-eyed
like a chicken with its head cut off
out of one's mind
very upset
worked-up
out of your mind
panic-stricken
annoyed
asea
riled
frightened
scared
terrified
irritated
worried stiff
put out
more ❯
“She was
hard-pressed
to meet the strict deadline while also juggling multiple projects, causing her a great deal of strain and worry.”
Adjective
▲
Characterized by causing hardships or problems
difficult
grim
hostile
adverse
tough
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
unfortunate
austere
dire
harsh
bad
bleak
cheerless
dark
dour
hard
injurious
negative
oppressive
perilous
awful
depressing
desolate
disagreeable
discouraging
disheartening
distressing
exacting
exigent
forbidding
foreboding
gloomy
harrowing
inauspicious
inhospitable
miserable
ominous
severe
solemn
somber
US
sombre
UK
terrible
unwelcome
worrying
bitter
black
comfortless
direful
discommodious
dismal
doleful
dreadful
glum
gray
US
grey
UK
hopeless
joyless
morose
objectionable
troublesome
unpleasant
chilling
ill-boding
ill-fated
morbid
mournful
nightmarish
sad
shadowy
sinister
unfriendly
very bad
ill-omened
lurid
parlous
straitened
threatening
unpropitious
apocalyptic
messy
rocky
strained
tortured
treacherous
troubled
dangerous
disturbing
doubtful
full of hardship
grave
harmful
jeopardous
precarious
pressing
upsetting
woeful
undesirable
wretched
dreary
sullen
funereal
pessimistic
melancholy
lugubrious
despairing
drab
disadvantageous
despondent
uninviting
cynical
downbeat
depressed
unhappy
disconsolate
godforsaken
fatalistic
defeatist
cold
saturnine
drear
gloom-ridden
elegiac
depressive
elegiacal
sepulchral
dreich
unpromising
dispiriting
dejected
menacing
alarmist
portentous
rough
forlorn
murky
tenebrous
tenebrific
darkening
plutonian
demoralized
US
chill
stark
dim
lonesome
sunless
daunting
fierce
lonely
distrustful
suspicious
doubting
horrid
infelicitous
unenthusiastic
chilly
cloudy
demoralised
UK
unwelcoming
Cimmerian
Eeyorish
frightening
off-putting
calamitous
anguished
disastrous
lamentable
doomed
untimely
downhearted
jinxed
horrible
discouraged
unlucky
poor
sorrowful
inopportune
fearsome
intimidating
rugged
cursed
uncomfortable
baleful
resigned
deplorable
bearish
blue
dubious
unhopeful
jarring
ferocious
ghastly
untoward
pained
cataclysmic
stony
tragic
catastrophic
mirthless
dingy
grievous
sorrowing
broken-hearted
grieving
heartbroken
grief-stricken
mourning
devastated
down
distressed
inconsolable
downcast
heinous
misanthropic
crestfallen
dolorous
sorry
worried
unsuited
God-awful
abject
looking on the dark side
looking on the black side
given to looking on the black side
inconvenient
woebegone
atrocious
regrettable
horrendous
horrifying
frightful
inapt
unsuitable
inappropriate
nasty
unseasonable
luckless
creepy
low-spirited
ill-suited
bodeful
afflicted
sinistrous
baneful
forsaken
awkward
destitute
unprosperous
ruinous
hapless
long-faced
terrifying
disquieting
down in the dumps
down in the mouth
hair-raising
in a bad way
ill-starred
out of luck
unapproachable
offensive
odious
repellent
abhorrent
unhospitable
glowering
repulsive
ugly
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Without money or financially impoverished
down and out
destitute
penniless
impoverished
needy
indigent
impecunious
penurious
broke
beggared
skint
beggarly
pauperized
strapped
insolvent
disadvantaged
deprived
ruined
distressed
boracic
poverty-stricken
hard up
flat broke
in want
in need
in straitened circumstances
badly off
on the breadline
in reduced circumstances
stony broke
stone broke
without a sou
strapped for cash
as poor as a church mouse
without two pennies to rub together
down at heel
boracic lint
without two farthings to rub together
without a bean
without a brass farthing
up against it
without a red cent
on skid row
signing on
on the dole
poor
necessitous
dirt-poor
down-and-out
needful
famished
threadbare
busted
in need of
dirt poor
moneyless
in Queer Street
flat
dead broke
on the rocks
wiped out
stony
on one's uppers
low-income
short
pinched
out of pocket
out at elbows
homeless
down on luck
bankrupt
underprivileged
cleaned out
unable to make ends meet
in penury
bust
without two brass farthings to rub together
without a penny
lacking
unprosperous
depressed
wanting
cashless
in the red
short of money
bad off
stony-broke
straitened
fortuneless
unable to keep the wolf from the door
tapped out
reduced
in debt
truly needy
without a penny to one's name
in the gutter
without two pennies farthings to rub together
bereft
broken
rundown
derelict
low
struggling
neglected
suffering
low-paid
unfortunate
unlucky
empty-handed
on one's beam-ends
behind eight ball
have-not
cash-strapped
on the bread line
in distress
in Chapter 11
over a barrel
without a dime
on one's beam ends
without a shot in one's locker
poor as a church mouse
on last leg
down to last penny
pathetic
abject
crippled
hurting
bankrupted
scanty
meager
US
meagre
UK
indebted
overdrawn
vagrant
vagabond
out of money
unmoneyed
impencunious
on a tight budget
finished
unfavored
stone-broke
denuded
forlorn
underserved
dispossessed
down to last cent
in distressed circumstances
discriminated against
out of cash
deficient
on the streets
unaffluent
unprivileged
on the skids
in the poorhouse
craptastic
handicapped
without money
hapless
miserably poor
financially poor
extremely poor
in great need
very poor
in dire circumstances
financially distressed
in financial difficulties
financially embarrassed
not having two pennies to rub together
not having two farthings to rub together
without means of support
in a bad way
short of cash
drained
needing
shabby
slummy
seedy
pushed
ghost
shanty
ghetto
ill-fated
ill-starred
in dire straits
economically disadvantaged
run down
run-down
skid row
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