Uphill

Quick meaning: Uphill is an adverb meaning Up a slope, towards higher ground.

Meaning

Up a slope, towards higher ground.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) With difficulty.
2. Located up a slope or on a hill.
3. Going up a slope or a hill.
4. (by extension) Difficult or laborious.
5. An uphill route.
6. (skiing, snowboarding) To travel uphill.

Example Sentences

“There’s a lot of uphill about a bicycle tour,” said he, “and the wind is against you.” “So there is downhill, and the wind behind you,” said Harris.

For a large part of this game, England once again looked like a team suffering from the rigours of a long season and faced an uphill task when Hofmann put Germany in front.

The engine seemed a little sensitive to wet rails, and in consequence the uphill work was not so good north of Dundee as it had been earlier. But I have noted this same "touchiness" on the part of the "A4s", and other modern British 4-6-2s, so that in this respect No. 2006 proved no exception.

Word Forms

• uphills
• uphilling
• uphilled

Synonyms for uphill

Depending on context, synonyms include stiff, hard, rising.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rising, ascending, hard, stiff, climb, upward.

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