Definitions for uphill
ˈʌpˈhɪl; ˈʌpˌhɪlup·hill

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. uphilladjective

   the upward slope of a hill

2. acclivitous, rising, uphilladverb

   sloping upward

3. uphilladverb

   against difficulties

   "she was talking uphill"

4. uphilladverb

   upward on a hill or incline

   "this street lay uphill"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. uphillnoun

   An uphill route.

2. uphilladverb

   up a slope, towards higher ground

3. uphilladverb

   with difficulty

4. uphilladjective

   located up a slope or on a hill

5. uphilladjective

   going up a slope or a hill

6. uphilladjective

   difficult or laborious

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Uphilladjective

   Difficult; like the labour of climbing an hill.

   Etymology: up and hill.

   What an uphill labour must it be to a learner, who has those first rudiments to master at twenty years of age, which others are taught at ten. Clarissa.

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1. Uphill

   Uphill is a village in the civil parish of Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset, England, at the southern edge of the town, on the Bristol Channel coast.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Uphilladverb

   upwards on, or as on, a hillside; as, to walk uphill

2. Uphilladjective

   ascending; going up; as, an uphill road

3. Uphilladjective

   attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work

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1. Uphill

   Uphill is a village in the civil parish of Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset, England, at the southern edge of the town, on the Bristol Channel coast.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Uphill

   up′hil, adj. ascending: difficult.—adv. up a hill, against difficulties.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of uphill in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of uphill in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of uphill in a Sentence

1. Katerina Manoff:

   It’s going to be an uphill battle, it’s a really big concern.

2. Eric McCormack:

   We laughed so hard. For the last year, it’s been a confusing time, and I have n’t laughed very much, and to come back together and to laugh out loud and to be surprised by one another and to have new stories to tell and to have another opportunity to do it … it’s a no-brainer. that made me feel like we have a place and we’re not going to be fighting an uphill battle … I thought, why not ?

3. Mark Beaumont:

   The golden rule with kit is to take less than you think you need, you have to lug that all uphill, and no matter how frugal you are, you will find yourself after a week's touring at the post office with a box of stuff being posted home.

4. William Ralph Inge:

   There is no law of progress. Our future is in our own hands, to make or to mar. It will be an uphill fight to the end, and would we have it otherwise Let no one suppose that evolution will ever exempt us from struggles. 'You forget,' said the Devil, with a chuckle, 'that I have been evolving too.'

5. Panagiotis Spiliopoulos:

   ABB is operationally executing very well while fighting an uphill battle on several fronts.

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