uphill

Speech parts

1. uphill - Noun

2. uphill - Adjective

3. uphill - Adverb

5. uphill - Adjective Satellite

6. Uphill - Proper noun

Meaning

Upwards on, or as on, a hillside; as, to walk uphill.

Ascending; going up; as, an uphill road.

Attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rising acclivitous ascension oka difficult heavy skyward hard severe killing demanding slope climbing uprising upward
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Antonyms

downhill elementary down simple solution advantage
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Hypernyms

rise raise climb ascent acclivity

Phrases with the word

uphill task uphill movement

Examples

All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill. Babe Ruth

Perhaps the most concise summary of enlightenment would be: transcending dualism . ... Dualism is the conceptual division of the world into categories ... human perception is by nature a dualistic phenomenon - which makes the quest for enlightenment an uphill struggle, to say the least. Douglas Hofstadter

A liberal is a person who believes that water can be made to run uphill. A conservative is someone who believes everybody should pay for his water. I'm somewhere in between: I believe water should be free, but that water flows downhill. Theodore White

On an uphill road, give your horse his reins. Darkovan Proverb

Water can not be forced uphill. Kenyan Proverb

There is an uphill for every downhill, and a downhill for every uphill. Traditional Proverb

Close letter words and terms

uphelm Uphelya upher uphill battle uphill climb uphill gardener