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up·hill  (phl)

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. (phl)

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.

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uphill

Adjective

1. sloping or leading upwards

2. requiring a great deal of effort: an uphill struggle

Adverb

up a slope

Noun

S African a difficulty

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	uphill - the upward slope of a hill           acclivity, ascent, climb, upgrade, raise, rise - an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
Adj.	1.	uphill - sloping upward                       acclivitous, rising ascending - moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"
Adv.	1.	uphill - against difficulties; "she was talking uphill"
	2.	uphill - upward on a hill or incline; "this street lay uphill"

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uphill

adjective 1. ascending, rising, upward, mounting, climbing << OPPOSITE descending

adjective 2. arduous, hard, taxing, difficult, tough, exhausting, punishing, gruelling, strenuous, laborious, wearisome, Sisyphean

Translations

uphill [ʌpˈhɪl] adj → cuesta arriba;

(fig) [task] → penoso, difícil

adv to go uphill → ir cuesta arriba

uphill [ʌpˈhɪl] adj → qui monte (fig) [task] → difficile, pénible

adv [face, look] → en amont, vers l'amont; [go, move] → vers le haut, en haut;

to go uphill → monter

uphill [ˈʌpˈhɪl] adj → bergaufwärts (führend) (fig) [task] → mühsam

adv [push, move] → bergaufwärts; [go] → bergauf

uphill [ʌpˈhɪl] adj → in salita;

(fig) [task] → difficile

adv to go uphill → andare in salita, salire