uphill

Located on high or higher ground.

Going up a hill or slope.

Marked by difficulty or strong resistance; laborious.

To or toward higher ground; up a slope.

Against adversity; with difficulty.

An upward slope or incline.

Upward; up, or as if up, an ascent: as, to walk uphill.

Leading or going up a rising ground; sloping upward: as, an uphill road.

Attended with labor, fatigue, or exertion; difficult; severe; fatiguing; burdensome: as, uphill work; hence, not having free course; hampered: as, an uphill acquaintance.

Rising ground; ascent; upward slope.