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Antonyms for up against
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhp |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌp |
Definition of up against
Origin :- earliest recorded sense is "to drive and catch (swans)," 1560, from up (adv.). Meaning "to get up, rise to one's feet" (as in up and leave) is recorded from 1643. Sense of "to move upward" is recorded from 1737. Meaning "increase" (as in up the price of oil) is attested from 1915. Cf. Old English verb uppian "to rise." Upping block is attested from 1796.
- As in opposed/opposing : adj antagonistic, against
- As in opposed : adj antagonistic
- As in oppositional : adj opposing
- "You will find that you are up against a hell of a frost," she would declare, brutally.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- "If there's anythin' doin', I'm up against it here," he muttered to himself.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- "That's what the Public are up against in this game," sneered the backer of Lucretia.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- "It looks like you was up against it, all right," grinned Shorty.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- And when she had propped you up against the bank, she came for me.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- "I never should lay that up against you, Milly," he said kindly.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- I suppose this is what motorists will be up against for six months.
- Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
- I know just what I am up against and I will have adequate protection.
- Extract from : « Poisoned Air » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
- He pinned me up against the side of the vessel, and held me there.
- Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- You're up against the world, and you'll get no mercy from it.
- Extract from : « The Fugitive (Third Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
Synonyms for up against
- adversarial
- adverse
- against
- against the grain
- allergic
- antagonistic
- anti
- antipathetic
- antithetical
- antonymous
- at cross-purposes
- at odds
- averse
- battling
- clashing
- combating
- conflicting
- confronting
- contrary
- controverting
- counter
- crossing
- defending
- defensive
- denying
- disagreeing
- disputed
- disputing
- dissentient
- enemy
- exposing
- facing
- gainsaying
- hostile
- in opposition
- incompatible
- inimical
- irreconcilable
- objecting
- obstructive
- opposed
- opposing
- opposite
- protesting
- repelling
- restrictive
- rival
- up against
- warring
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