uphill
/ʌpˈhɪl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
With difficulty.
noun
An uphill route.
verb
To travel uphill.
name
A suburban village in Weston-super-Mare parish, North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3158).
Example Sentences
- "“There’s a lot of uphill about a bicycle tour,” said he, “and the wind is against you.” “So there is downhill, and the wind behind you,” said Harris."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
From up + hill.
Inflected Forms
further uphill (comparative)
farther uphill (comparative)
furthest uphill (superlative)
farthest uphill (superlative)
uphills (plural)
uphills (present, singular)
uphilling (participle, present)
uphilled (participle, past)
uphilled (past)