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retrograde
UK /ˈɹɛtɹə(ʊ)ɡɹeɪd/ US /ˈɹɛtɹəˌɡɹeɪd/
adj 5noun 5verb 5adv 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
still
VERB + RETROGRADE
defeated
RETROGRADE + NOUN
group, ideas, morals, motion, people
ADV.
sometimes, such, sulkily
Definitions
adj
1
Directed or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating.
2
Reverting to an inferior or less developed state; declining, regressing.
3
Reverting to an inferior or less developed state; declining, regressing.
4
Of the order of something: inverse, reverse.
5
Of the order of something: inverse, reverse.
adv
1
In a reverse direction; backwards.
noun
1
A movement backwards or opposite to the intended or normal motion.
2
A movement backwards or opposite to the intended or normal motion.
3
One who opposes social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo; a conservative.
4
One who reneges on an agreement, or switches loyalties; a rebel, a renegade.
5
The reversal of a melody so that what is played first in the original melody is played last, and what is played last in the original melody is played first.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — get worse or fall back to a previous condition
verb — go back over
verb — move back
adjective — moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or con
- retral
adjective — going from better to worse
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
601
retrograde ideas, morals, etc.
Wiktionary02
Such retrograde people still exist, resisting modernity, dragging their feet.
Wiktionary03
[…] in the form of the pussyfooted Alexis Smith. While referring to [Cole] Porter's 1946 film (alleged) biography, Night and Day, she mentions there were "certain aspects of the story which at that ti
Wiktionary04
[…] Monna Brigida, who had retrograded to false hair in Romola's absence, but now drew it off again and declared she would not mind being gray, if her dear child would stay with her.
Wiktionary05
A dabble in the stocks does not always turn out profitably; cotton is sometimes heavy on our hands, and real estate will sulkily retrograde, when, by the calculation, it ought to have advanced.
Wiktionary06
The readiest support for planets' having confocal orbits is their sometimes retrograde motion.
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