Definitions for uphill

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Spelling: [adverb, adjective uhp-hil; noun Uphill is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 47 anagrams from letters in uphill (hillpu).

Definitions for uphill

noun

1. a rising terrain; ascent.

adverb

1. up or as if up the slope of a hill or other incline; upward:

adjective

1. going or tending upward on or as if on a hill:
2. at a high place or point:
3. laboriously fatiguing or difficult:

Origin of uphill

First recorded in 1540-50; up- + hill

Examples for uphill

But without a damaged Democrat, electing a Republican to federal office in Massachusetts will always be an uphill fight.

There was no match in the country for Peter when it came to a long, uphill chase.

It was uphill work trying to hold out for the remaining 35 runs.

Minnesota Republican Mike McFadden is facing an uphill battle to defeat incumbent Democratic Senator Al Franken in November.

It'll be uphill both ways from there an' we can't budge her an inch.

Oregon will always be an uphill battle for the GOP in the near future.

He has no intention of fighting an uphill battle; he keeps the roadway of politics.

With national Democrats focused on defending vulnerable incumbents, Romanoff has an uphill fight.

Aiken will face an uphill battle aganst Ellmers, in a district since gerrymandered to be Republican-leaning.

If it was downhill to the city it would be uphill coming back.