uphill
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Definition of uphill
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uphill
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Synonyms & Antonyms for uphill
Synonyms: Noun
acclivity, ascent, hill, rise, upgrade, uprise
Synonyms: Adjective
arduous, Augean, backbreaking, challenging, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, formidable, grueling (or gruelling), hard, heavy, hellacious, herculean, killer, laborious, moiling, murderous, pick-and-shovel, rigorous, rough, rugged, severe, stiff, strenuous, sweaty, tall, testing, toilsome, tough
Antonyms: Noun
declension, decline, declivity, descent, dip, downgrade, downhill, drop-off, fall, hang, hanging
Antonyms: Adjective
cheap, easy, effortless, facile, light, mindless, simple, soft, undemanding
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Examples of uphill in a Sentence
Adverb
It is easier to ride a bicycle downhill than uphill.Noun
no matter where you go bicycle touring, the uphills always seem to outnumber the downhillsAdjective
It has been an uphill battle for her to get an education. an uphill battle to eradicate poverty in an area of the state that has never known anything else
Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb
Riders are whisked uphill by a chairlift that’s used by skiers and snowboarders during winter. — oregonlive.com, "New Mount Hood bike park opens: ’It’s going to change the face of Timberline’," 12 Aug. 2019 As with a real mountain landscape, an organism restricted to only going blindly uphill would eventually hit a cliff, and be doomed to languish at a less-than-optimal elevation. — David P. Barash, WSJ, "‘Life Finds a Way’ and ‘Good Enough’ Review: The Drive to Thrive," 28 June 2019 Where the walkway hits a narrow dirt path, turn right and begin walking uphill, keeping the chain link fence and, below, Dunsmore Canyon, on your right. — Charles Fleming, latimes.com, "L.A. Walks: Explore an old winery site on a La Crescenta ramble," 12 July 2019 After a picnic lunch, trek uphill once more before descending to Les Contamines-Montjoie, a picturesque village with traditional chalets. — National Geographic, "Tour du Mont Blanc," 17 June 2019 Kellerhaus Pile on the toppings at the sundae buffet just uphill from Weirs Beach. — David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, "Ten iconic New England ice cream shops to try this summer," 29 May 2019 Get there by walking switchbacks uphill from downtown, or just drive up. — Mary Bergin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "3 small towns for a summer getaway in Wisconsin," 11 July 2018 Lime says its bikes, in contrast, are upscale, with a battery to provide an electric assist for going uphill. — Mike Cherney, WSJ, "Lime Looks to Peddle Its Bicycles in Australia," 16 Jan. 2019 Chapman, upon exiting the helicopter, immediately charged uphill through the snow toward enemy positions while under heavy fire from three directions. — James Freeman, WSJ, "Post-Trump Slump?," 24 Aug. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Daredevil Droplets Freely rolling uphill and upside down, these water droplets seem to break basic rules of nature. — Kelso Harper, Scientific American, "Flashing Neurons, Invisible Moonlight and Adorable Squid Babies: The Week’s Best Science GIFs," 23 Aug. 2019 Flames in the canyon bottom create a convection oven, carrying fire uphill and over ridgetops, spewing hot embers a mile or more into other neighborhoods. — AZCentral.com, "Amid winding mountain roads, a village pushes back its encroaching fire threat," 23 July 2019 Mount Marathon officials started keeping track of uphill and downhill split-times in 2005, but research by Alaska Mountain Runners goes back to the 1989 race. — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, "An Anchorage man paid $1,600 for a Mount Marathon bib, and things went downhill fast after that," 14 July 2019 The one-way trail alternates between uphill switchbacks and downhill stretches with views of the surrounding neighborhoods. — Arizona Republic, azcentral, "100 free things to do in metro Phoenix," 17 Aug. 2019 The results suggest that the exosuit also helps with uphill walking and with running at varying speeds on a flat surface, says Philippe Malcolm, an assistant professor of biomechanics at the University of Nebraska Omaha and a co-author on the study. — Jeremy Hsu, Scientific American, "An Innovative Robotic Exosuit Boosts Both Walking and Running," 16 Aug. 2019 The chairlift also ferries riders’ bikes back to the top, cutting out significant uphill riding. — oregonlive.com, "New Mount Hood bike park opens: ’It’s going to change the face of Timberline’," 12 Aug. 2019 When weighed down by children or packages, the bike can get a little pokey, especially when climbing uphill. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, "RadWagon electric cargo bike review: the SUV of e-bikes," 8 Aug. 2019