hard up

Meaning

Adj

1. (colloquial) Lacking money; impecunious; in financial difficulties.
2. (colloquial) Lacking anything.
3. (colloquial) Desperate.

Verb

Synonym of harden up (to become or make hard)

Synonyms

poor

penniless

in straitened circumstances

penurious

pinched

impecunious

lacking

limited

meager

meagre

scanty

scarce

stony-broke

tight

wretched

ill-off

bankrupt

belly-up

broke

destitute

distressed

hard-pressed

indigent

Translations

pauvre

pobre

pelat

arm

blank

gering

mittellos

knapp

pleite

ungenügend

unzureichend

knapp bei Kasse

άγρια ανακριτού

fauché

abgebrannt