Associations to the word «Uphill»

Wiktionary

UPHILL, adverb. Up a slope, towards higher ground.
UPHILL, adverb. (by extension) With difficulty.
UPHILL, adjective. Located up a slope or on a hill.
UPHILL, adjective. Going up a slope or a hill.
UPHILL, adjective. (by extension) Difficult or laborious.
UPHILL, noun. An uphill route.
UPHILL BATTLE, noun. (idiomatic) A challenge with the odds of success stacked strongly against.
UPHILL BATTLES, noun. Plural of uphill battle
UPHILL GARDENER, noun. (UK) (slang) (derogatory) A homosexual man.
UPHILL GARDENERS, noun. Plural of uphill gardener

Dictionary definition

UPHILL, noun. The upward slope of a hill.
UPHILL, adverb. Against difficulties; "she was talking uphill".
UPHILL, adverb. Upward on a hill or incline; "this street lay uphill".
UPHILL, adjective. Sloping upward.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin