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View definitions for uphill

uphill

adjective as in going up

adjective as in difficult, laborious

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Attkisson, meanwhile, has been fighting the same uphill battle that other investigative reporters are waging.

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

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

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

Depression is often a laborious uphill struggle for the sufferer and their loved ones.

The road lies uphill, with absolutely no shade, so that one is exposed to the scorching rays of the sun.

Once more booted we struggle on, uphill now, on a stony path, and very stiff work it is.

He was a stranger, and a man unsparing of his horse, pushing it uphill and down with unaltered speed.

It is to advance by ten different roads uphill to the north.

But I could not run uphill for long, and soon had to slow down to a walk.

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On this page you'll find 49 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to uphill, such as: skyward, ascending, climbing, mounting, rising, and uprising.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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