hard up (Meaning)
hard up (s)
not having enough money to pay for necessities
Synonyms & Antonyms of hard up
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- out at elbows
- bankrupt
- pauperized
- beggarly
- penniless
- dirt-poor
- disadvantaged
- deprived
- needy
- out at the elbows
- beggared
- destitute
- unaffluent
- bankrupted
- famished
- threadbare
- impecunious
- necessitous
- depressed
- needful
- down-and-out
- penurious
- down on one's luck
- indigent
- poverty-stricken
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- hardscrabble
- reduced
- tapped out
- straitened
- low
- underprivileged
- possessionless
- poorish
- bust
- skint
- pinched
- insolvent
- hand-to-mouth
- dispossessed
- cash-strapped
- ruined
- short
- busted
- distressed
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
hard up Sentence Examples
- The family was hard up for money after losing their jobs.
- The old man was hard up for companionship in his twilight years.
- The student was hard up for ideas for his research project.
- The store was hard up for customers during the economic downturn.
- The team was hard up for a win after losing several matches in a row.
- The charity was hard up for volunteers to help with their outreach programs.
- The traveler was hard up for water in the scorching desert.
- The writer was hard up for inspiration for his next novel.
- The politician was hard up for support as his approval ratings plummeted.
- The business was hard up for cash flow and was facing bankruptcy.
FAQs About the word hard up
not having enough money to pay for necessities
broke, out of pocket,poor, impoverished, out at elbows, bankrupt, pauperized, beggarly, penniless, dirt-poor
well-to-do,rich, wealthy, opulent, monied, moneyed, opulent, comfortable, affluent, wealthy
The family was hard up for money after losing their jobs.
The old man was hard up for companionship in his twilight years.
The student was hard up for ideas for his research project.
The store was hard up for customers during the economic downturn.
