uphill

adj.

1. Located on high or higher ground: an uphill mine entrance.
2. Going up a hill or slope: an uphill climb.
3. Marked by difficulty or strong resistance; laborious: an uphill election campaign against a popular incumbent.

adv. (ŭp'hĭl')

1. To or toward higher ground; up a slope.
2. Against adversity; with difficulty: struggling uphill to make ends meet.

n.
An upward slope or incline.

adjective

Not easy to do, achieve, or master: arduous, difficult, hard, laborious, serious, tall, tough. See easy/hard.

adj

Definition: difficult, laborious
Antonyms: downhill, easy, facile

adj

Definition: going up
Antonyms: downhill

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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the upward slope of a hill

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The adjective uphill has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: sloping upward
  Synonyms: acclivitous, rising

Meaning #2: hard to overcome or surmount
  Synonym: stiff

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The adverb uphill has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: against difficulties

Meaning #2: upward on a hill or incline

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - op ad bakke, opad, besværlig, tung
adj. - opadgående
n. - noget, der går opad

Nederlands (Dutch)
bergop(waarts), zwaar/ moeilijk

Français (French)
adv. - en montée, en amont (ski)
adj. - qui monte, (fig) difficile
n. - montée

Deutsch (German)
adj. - bergauf führend, mühsam
adv. - bergauf
n. - Anstieg

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανηφορικός, παρατεταμένος και κουραστικός
adv. - ανηφορικά
n. - ανήφορος, ανηφοριά

Italiano (Italian)
in salita

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ascendente, difícil
adv. - para cima
n. - parte de cima do cerro, morro ou ladeira

Русский (Russian)
в гору, идущий в гору, крутой (о дороге и пр.), трудный (о задаче и пр.)

Español (Spanish)
adv. - cuesta arriba
adj. - ascendente
n. - cuesta ascendente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - stigande, brant, högt belägen
adv. - uppåt, uppför, i en backe
n. - stigning, uppförsbacke, backe

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
上坡地, 向上地, 上坡的, 向上的, 登高, 上升

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 上坡地, 向上地
adj. - 上坡的, 向上的
n. - 登高, 上升

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 언덕위로, 고생하여
adj. - 올라가는, 오르막의, 애먹는
n. - 오르막길, 치받이

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 上りの, 上り坂の, 高い所にある, 骨の折れる
adv. - 困難に抗して
n. - 上り坂

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) صاعد, شاق, عسير (ظرف) صعود (الاسم) منحدر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮במעלה ההר‬
adj. - ‮משופע, עולה, מפרך, קשה, מייגע‬
n. - ‮מעלה ההר, מורד‬

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