uphill
adj/ˈʌphɪl/
Etymology From up + hill.
1
Located up a slope or on a hill.
2
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:
3
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:
- Antonyms
- downhill
- Derived terms
- uphill battle, uphill climb, uphill gardener