Uphill
[ʌp'hɪl] or [,ʌp'hɪl]
Definition
(noun.) the upward slope of a hill.
(adv.) upward on a hill or incline; 'this street lay uphill'.
(adv.) against difficulties; 'she was talking uphill'.
Edited by Alison--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) Upwards on, or as on, a hillside; as, to walk uphill.
(a.) Ascending; going up; as, an uphill road.
(a.) Attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work.
Editor: Miriam
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Ascending, upward.[2]. Difficult, hard, arduous, toilsome.
Checked by Barry
Definition
adj. ascending: difficult.—adv. up a hill against difficulties.
Checked by Clifton
Examples
- As the road went uphill they ceased talking. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I am glad he is off, thought I, for this is indeed very uphill work. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Downhill the men rather gained on me, but uphill I began to distance them. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The letter, which was scrawled in pencil uphill and downhill and round crooked corners, ran thus: 'OLD RIAH, Your accounts being all squared, go. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was uphill work for a foreigner, lame or sound, to make his way with the Bleeding Hearts. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It's such uphill work, and it takes such a time! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- His head ought to be uphill, I said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Edited by Jacqueline