1) Acclivitous 2) Against difficulties 3) Arduous 4) Ascending 5) Difficult 6) Direction for sisyphus 7) Grueling as a battle 8) Kind of ascent 9) Laborious 10) Like a difficult battle 11) Like a tough battle 12) Like an arduous battle 13) Like difficult struggles 14) Rising 15) Toward the summit 16) Toward the top Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/uphill
• (a.) Ascending; going up; as, an uphill road. • (a.) Attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work. • (adv.) Upwards on, or as on, a hillside; as, to walk uphill. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/uphill/
up or as if up the slope of a hill or other incline; upward: The soldiers marched uphill. Water does not run uphill without assistance. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/uphill