uphill
About 1.35 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adverb Up a slope, towards higher ground.
- adverb With difficulty.
- adjective Located up a slope or on a hill.
- adjective Going up a slope or a hill.
- adjective Difficult or laborious.
- noun An uphill route.
- verb To travel uphill.
Similar words
rising ascending hard acclivitous stiff climb upward cut-throat onerous laborious
Often followed by
battle and to struggle from work task fight climb
Word family
uphills
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