uphill

English

Etymology

up +‎ hill.

Pronunciation

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

• Catalan: costa amunt
• 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
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• Italian: in salita
• Latvian: kalnup
• Maori: ki runga
• Portuguese: ladeira acima
• Russian: в го́ру (ru) (v góru), наве́рх (ru) (navérx)
• Spanish: cuesta arriba
• Tamil: மேட்டில் (mēṭṭil)
• Welsh: i fyny allt, lan rhiw

(by extension) with difficulty

• Galician: costa arriba
• Russian: с трудо́м (ru) (s trudóm)
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• Spanish: cuesta arriba

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• (deprecated template usage) Romanian: amonte (1), dificil (2)
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• 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.
3. (by extension) Difficult or laborious.

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

going up a slope or a hill

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

(by extension) difficult or laborious

• Czech: obtížný (cs), namáhavý, únavný (cs)
• German: mühselig (de)
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• Russian: тру́дный (ru) (trúdnyj), тяжёлый (ru) (tjažólyj)

Noun

uphill (plural uphills)

1. An uphill route.

Antonyms

• downhill