hard up
Short on cash
Hard up means short of money or resources: I'm too hard up to go out this weekend.
The phrase extends to any kind of scarcity or desperation—someone hard up for ideas is struggling to think of any, and someone hard up for companionship might lower their standards: You must be pretty hard up to date him.
Lacking any funds
- pennilessCompletely without money
- cash-strappedLacking available money
- strappedLacking available funds
- skintHaving no money
poverty · destitute · insolvent · bankrupt · hand-to-mouth · indebted · overdrawn · underfunded
Being without something
- shortOf limited extent
- wantingAbsent or insufficient
- starvedSuffering extreme hunger
- deprivedLacking necessities
without · scarce · insufficient · in need · running low · bereft · devoid · stripped
Driven by urgent need
- direExtremely serious or urgent
- distressedSuffering emotional turmoil
- in a bindTrapped in difficulty
- in a pinchWhen circumstances force compromise
in trouble · struggling · stuck · cornered · stranded · helpless · at wit's end · in dire straits
broke
Lacking any funds
- pennilessCompletely without money
- cash-strappedLacking available money
- strappedLacking available funds
skint · poverty · destitute · insolvent · bankrupt · hand-to-mouth · indebted · overdrawn · underfunded · needy
lacking
Being without something
deprived · without · scarce · insufficient · in need · running low · bereft · devoid · stripped · empty-handed
desperate
Driven by urgent need
- direExtremely serious or urgent
- distressedSuffering emotional turmoil
- in a bindTrapped in difficulty
in a pinch · in trouble · struggling · stuck · cornered · stranded · helpless · at wit's end · in dire straits
desperate
Driven by urgent need
longing · hungry for · itching · dying for · pining · thirsty · wanting · eager · keen · needing
- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, impoverished, generational poverty
- financial ruinbankrupt, bankruptcy, bust, busted, broke
- hardshipsadversity, struggle, misfortune, difficulties, ordeal
- wealth statuspoor, rich, wealthy, affluent, middle-class
- financesmoney, affluence, cash, bankrupt, income
- Disadvantageddisadvantaged, underprivileged, vulnerable, marginalized, needy
hard upwealthy
Having abundant financial resources
rich · affluent · well-off · flush · well-to-do
hard upsatisfied
Having enough, wanting nothing
content · sated · spoiled for choice · drowning in · glutted
hard, up, harden, hardship, hardened, hardships, hardtack, hardener, hardeners