uphill en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From up + hill.
Meanings
- Located up a slope or on a hill.
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Going up a slope or a hill.
“There’s a lot of uphill about a bicycle tour,” said he, “and the wind is against you.” “So there is downhill, and the wind behind you,” said Harris.
1900, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men on the Bummel:The engine seemed a little sensitive to wet rails, and in consequence the uphill work was not so good north of Dundee as it had been earlier. But I have noted this same "touchiness" on the part of the "A4s", and other modern British 4-6-2s, so that in this respect No. 2006 proved no exception.
1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 9:
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(broadly) Difficult or laborious.
For a large part of this game, England once again looked like a team suffering from the rigours of a long season and faced an uphill task when Hofmann put Germany in front.
2022 June 7, Phil McNulty, “Germany 1-1- England”, in BBC Sport:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| furthest uphill | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| farther uphill | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| farthest uphill | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| further uphill | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
uphill gardener · uphill battle · uphill climb
Translations (22)
grc ἀνάντης (located up a slope or on a hill) · cs namáhavý ((by extension) difficult or laborious) · bg нанагорен (going up a slope or a hill) · la acclīvis (located up a slope or on a hill) · la acclīvis (going up a slope or a hill) · fi mäkeä nouseva (going up a slope or a hill) · de ansteigend (going up a slope or a hill) · bg труден ((by extension) difficult or laborious) · ru тру́дный ((by extension) difficult or laborious) · ru веду́щий наве́рх (going up a slope or a hill) · cs vyvýšený (located up a slope or on a hill) · ru располо́женный на горе́ (located up a slope or on a hill) · de hochgelegen (located up a slope or on a hill) · ru тяжёлый ((by extension) difficult or laborious) · de mühselig ((by extension) difficult or laborious) · fi ylämäessä (located up a slope or on a hill) · cs obtížný ((by extension) difficult or laborious) · cs stoupavý (going up a slope or a hill) · bg напрегнат ((by extension) difficult or laborious) · cs stoupající (going up a slope or a hill) · cs únavný ((by extension) difficult or laborious) · ru иду́щий в го́ру (going up a slope or a hill)