uphill

uphill
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. ascending, rising; precipitous; laborious; difficult, strenuous. See exertion, obliquity.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Rising]
Syn. up, upward, toward the summit, toward the crest, skyward, ascending, climbing.
Ant. down*, downhill, descending.
2. [Laborious]
Syn. difficult, strenuous, with difficulty.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
laborious, arduous, hard, difficult, taxing, strenuous, grueling, labor intensive, backbreaking,
ANT.: downhill, easy, effortless
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Not easy to do, achieve, or master: arduous, difficult, hard, laborious, serious, tall, tough. See EASY.

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