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- [adverb, adjective uhp-hil; noun uhp-hil]
- /adverb, adjective ˈʌpˈhɪl; noun ˈʌpˌhɪl/
- /ˌʌpˈhɪl/
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- [adverb, adjective uhp-hil; noun uhp-hil]
- /adverb, adjective ˈʌpˈhɪl; noun ˈʌpˌhɪl/
Definitions of uphill word
- adverb uphill up or as if up the slope of a hill or other incline; upward: The soldiers marched uphill. Water does not run uphill without assistance. 1
- adjective uphill going or tending upward on or as if on a hill: an uphill road. 1
- adjective uphill at a high place or point: an uphill village. 1
- adjective uphill laboriously fatiguing or difficult: an uphill struggle to become wealthy. 1
- noun uphill a rising terrain; ascent. 1
- adverb uphill up a slope 1
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Origin of uphill
First appearance:
before 1540 One of the 30% oldest English words
First recorded in 1540-50; up- + hill
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Uphill
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
uphill popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
uphill usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for uphill
adj uphill
- all-powerful — An all-powerful person or organization has the power to do anything they want.
- arduous — Something that is arduous is difficult and tiring, and involves a lot of effort.
- backbreaker — a wrestling hold in which a wrestler uses his knee or shoulder as a fulcrum to bend his opponent's body backwards
- difficile — hard to deal with, satisfy, or please.
- easier said than done — difficult to do
adv uphill
- antrorse — directed or pointing upwards or forwards
prep uphill
- heavenward — Also, heavenwards. toward heaven.
adjective uphill
- ascending — If a group of things is arranged in ascending order, each thing is bigger, greater, or more important than the thing before it.
- ballbuster — Ball-breaker.
- climbing — Climbing is the activity of climbing rocks or mountains.
- infestive — Tending to infest; acting like an infection.
- laboured — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
adverb uphill
- acclivitous — an upward slope, as of ground; an ascent (opposed to declivity).
Antonyms for uphill
adjective uphill
- downhill — down the slope of a hill; downward.
Top questions with uphill
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