Meaning of uphill in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Adverb
    1. Definitions
  4. Noun
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    uphill

    Definitions

    1. sloping upward

    Synonyms

  2. 2. hard to overcome or surmount

    Examples

    • « a stiff hike »
    • « a stiff exam »
    • « an uphill battle against a popular incumbant »

    Synonyms

  3. Adverb

    uphill

    Definitions

    1. against difficulties

    Examples

    • « she was talking uphill »
  4. 2. upward on a hill or incline

    Examples

    • « this street lay uphill »

  5. Noun

    uphill

    Definitions

    1. the upward slope of a hill

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  • « The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved. »
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  • « What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out another route. You've just got to run the one they give you. But they tell me London is a nice course. Even the cobbles, I hope, are not very much of a problem for me. »
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    Emma Watson
  • « The way to Heaven is ascending we must be content to travel uphill, though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh. »
    Jonathan Edwards

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