4. unmanageable, intractable, refractory, uncontrollable, unruly, ungovernable, disobedient; un-malleable, uncompliant, unamenable, unobliging, unimpressible, uninfluenced, opinionated, bigoted, unreasonable; obdurate, recalcitrant, adamant, unbending, inflexible, intransigent; headstrong, peverse, stubborn, mulish, bullheaded, pigheaded, bulletheaded, resistant, obstinate, willful, pervicacious, pertinacious, renitent.
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(of land or soil) unproductive, unfruitful, sterile, barren, dry, arid, desert, infecund, unprolific. upbeat, adj. optimistic, positive, promising, looking up, favorable, hopeful; uplifting, encouraging, heartening, fortifying, vivifying; cheery, cheerful, sunny; happy, blithe, blithesome, light-hearted, lightsome, buoyant; Inf. up-tempo, Inf. knee-slapping.
upbraid, v. 1. scold, U.S. Inf. bawl out, SI. chew out, tongue-lash, Inf. dress down, Inf trim, Inf. fix [s.o.'s] little red wagon; reprove, reproach, rebuke, rate, reprehend, castigate, chastise, reprimand; Inf give [s.o.] a piece of one's mind, Inf. tell [s.o.] a thing or two, tell off, tell [s.o.] where to get off, take [s.o.] to task, call down, give [s.o.] hell, SI. lay [s.o.] out in lavender, Inf. rake over the coals, Inf. skin alive, SI. pin [s.o.'s] ears back, Inf blast, Inf. jump on or all over.
2. condemn, censure, reprobate, criticize, remonstrate, animadvert on; denounce, denunciate, objurgate, berate, vituperate; blame, charge, accuse, impute, indict; inveigh against, rail against, decry, run down, fulminate against; lash, vilify, curse, revile, vilipend.
upgrade, n. 1. incline, rise, slope, acclivity, assent, climb, unslope; uphill, upclimb, uplift, uprise; ramp, gradient, bank, hill.
-v. 2. improve, better, ameliorate; reform, rehabilitate, restore, correct; repair, fix up, touch up, refurbish, furbish,
upheaval, n. 1. earthquake, quake, volcano, eruption, explosion, blowup.
2. violent change, cataclysm, disruption, confusion, disorder, chaos; disquiet, unrest, furor, outburst, outbreak, SI. big stink; debacle, breakdown, collapse, overthrow.
upheave, v. 1. lift, hoist, boost, pull up, heave; elevate, raise, raise up, upraise, uplift; cast up, thrust up, hold up, uphold, raise high, loft, bear aloft.
2. erupt, explode, blow up or out, burst, shoot up; force up, buckle, bulge; shake, quake, rock, toss.
3. cause chaos, confuse, disrupt, unsettle, change,
uphill, adv. 1. up, upwards, upward; skyward,
heavenward. -adj. 2. ascending, climbing, mounting, rising, uprising, acclivitous, acclivous.
3. elevated, raised, lofty, prominent, towering, high, skyhigh, skyscraping.
4. laborious, arduous, strenuous, toilsome, rugged, rough, tough, difficult; heavy, hefty, burdensome, onerous, oppressive, backbreaking, punishing, killing, grueling; operose, herculean.
uphold, v. 1. raise, upraise, raise up, lift, uplift, lift up, elevate, upcast, cast up, upthrow, throw up, rise, rear, uprear, hoist, uphoist, hoist up, boost.
2. support, bear, bear up, hold, hold up, uphold, truss, truss up, prop, prop up, brace, bolster, bolster up, buttress, gird, gird up, stay, mainstay, carry, shoulder, keep up, crutch, shore, shore up, reinforce; underlie, underprop, underpin, underbrace.
3. advocate, promote, patronize, espouse, sanction, countenance, recommend, commend; support, back, second, endorse, maintain, sustain; help, aid, assist; defend, protect, champion, guard, stand by; corroborate, substantiate, bear out, make good; justify, vindicate.
