difficult, tiresome; ascending
towards the top of a hill; with difficulty
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Uphill Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(adv.)
Upwards on, or as on, a hillside; as, to walk uphill.
Upwards on, or as on, a hillside; as, to walk uphill.
(a.)
Attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work.
Attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work.
(a.)
Ascending; going up; as, an uphill road.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAscending; going up; as, an uphill road.
uphill
\up*hill"\ (?), adv. upwards on, or as on, a hillside; as, to walk uphill.
uphill
\up"hill`\ (?), a.
1. ascending; going up; as, an uphill road.
2. attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work.
uphill
adj
1. sloping upward [syn: acclivitous, rising]
2. hard to overcome or surmount; "a stiff hike"; "a stiff exam"; "an uphill battle against a popular incumbant" [syn: stiff]
n : the upward slope of a hill adv 1: against difficulties; "she was talking uphill" 2: upward on a hill or incline; "this street lay uphill"
adv., i gcoinne an aird, in éadan na mala f.
little or no chance at
1. said about a job that has not much chance; 2. attempt the impossible
Noun
1. the upward slope of a hill
(hypernym) ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade
Adjective
1. sloping upward
(synonym) acclivitous, rising
(similar) ascending(a)
2. hard to overcome or surmount; "a stiff hike"; "a stiff exam"; "an uphill battle against a popular incumbant"
(synonym) stiff
(similar) hard
Adverb
1. against difficulties; "she was talking uphill"
2. upward on a hill or incline; "this street lay uphill"
Uphill Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
Uphill Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Uphill is a village in the civil parish of Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset, England, at the southern edge of the town.
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