uphill

See also: Uphill

English

Etymology

up +‎ hill.

Pronunciation

• (adjective, noun) IPA^(key): /ˈʌphɪl/

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• (adverb) IPA^(key): /ʌpˈhɪl/

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• Rhymes: -ɪl

Adverb

uphill (comparative more uphill, superlative most uphill)

1. Up a slope, towards higher ground.
2. (by extension) With difficulty.

Antonyms

• downhill

Translations

up a slope, towards higher ground

• Bulgarian: нагоре (bg) (nagore)
• Catalan: costa amunt
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 上坡 (zh) (shàngpō)

• Czech: nahoru (cs), do kopce
• Danish: op ad bakke
• French: en montée, en amont (fr)
• Galician: costa arriba
• Georgian: აღმართი (aɣmarti)
• German: bergauf (de), bergan (de)
• Irish: in éadan an chnoic
• Italian: in salita
• Japanese: 上り坂 (のぼりざか, noborizaka)
• Latvian: kalnup
• Maori: ki runga
• Plautdietsch: boajopp
• Portuguese: ladeira acima
• Russian: в го́ру (ru) (v góru), наве́рх (ru) (navérx)
• Spanish: cuesta arriba
• Swedish: uppför (sv)
• Tamil: மேட்டில் (mēṭṭil)
• Welsh: i fyny allt, lan rhiw

(by extension) with difficulty

• Bulgarian: трудно (bg) (trudno)
• Galician: costa arriba
• Italian: in salita
• Russian: с трудо́м (ru) (s trudóm)
• Spanish: cuesta arriba

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• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} amonte (ro) (1), ^{(please verify)} dificil (ro) (2)
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} uzbrdo (sh) f

Adjective

uphill (comparative further uphill, superlative furthest uphill)

1. Located up a slope or on a hill.
2. Going up a slope or a hill.
   • 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 9:

     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.

3. (by extension) Difficult or laborious.
   • 2022 June 7, Phil McNulty, “Germany 1-1- England”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     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.

Usage notes

• Sense 3 comparative and superlative is usually made with more and most

Antonyms

• downhill

Derived terms

• uphill gardener

Translations

located up a slope or on a hill

• Czech: vyvýšený
• German: hochgelegen
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀνάντης (anántēs)

• Latin: acclīvis
• Russian: располо́женный на горе́ (ru) (raspolóžennyj na goré)

going up a slope or a hill

• Bulgarian: нанагорен (nanagoren)
• Czech: stoupající, stoupavý
• German: ansteigend (de)
• Latin: acclīvis
• Russian: иду́щий в го́ру (ru) (idúščij v góru), веду́щий наве́рх (ru) (vedúščij navérx)

(by extension) difficult or laborious

• Bulgarian: труден (bg) (truden), напрегнат (bg) (napregnat)
• Czech: obtížný (cs), namáhavý, únavný (cs)
• German: mühselig (de)
• Russian: тру́дный (ru) (trúdnyj), тяжёлый (ru) (tjažólyj)

Noun

uphill (plural uphills)

1. An uphill route.

Antonyms

• downhill