upcurving
Curling toward sky
Upcurving describes something that curves upward: the upcurving horns of a water buffalo, an upcurving smile.
The word appears most often in descriptive writing about physical shapes—architecture, anatomy, natural forms.
Less common than its opposite, downcurving.
Curved overhead
- bowedCurved or bent over
- convexCurved outward externally
- crescentCurved sickle-like arc
- swoopingDescending in curves
vaulted · bent · hooked · curled · rounded · domed · cambered · parabolic
Moving upward
- risingAct of ascending
- climbingAscending by physical effort
- soaringRising effortlessly upward
- arcingMoving along curved trajectory
sweeping · lifting · mounting · surging · skyward · upswing · upturn · upslope
arched
Curved overhead
swooping · vaulted · bent · hooked · curled · rounded · domed · cambered · parabolic · semicircular
ascending
Moving upward
arcing · sweeping · lifting · mounting · surging · skyward · upswing · upturn · upslope · upward
smile
Pleased facial expression
slope
Angled terrain or steepness
pitch · grade · cant · bank · ramp · steepening · acclivity · rise · ascent · climb