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retrograde

verb

1 retrograde

Move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies.

Roget 661: relapse, lapse; fall back, slide back, sink back; return; retrograde etc. 283; recidivate; fall off again etc. 659.   

2 retrograde

Move in a direction contrary to the usual one.

3 retrograde

Move back:
— The glacier retrogrades.

synonym: retreat.

Roget 283: recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire; retrograde, retrocede; back out; back down; balk; crawfish [U.S.], crawl [Slang]; withdraw; ... show more

4 retrograde

Go back over:
— Retrograde arguments.

synonyms: hash over, rehash.

5 retrograde

Get worse or fall back to a previous condition.

synonyms: regress, retrogress.

Dutch: afzakken

adjective

1 retrograde

Moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth.

Roget 659: unimproved etc. (improve) etc. 658; deteriorated etc. v.; altered, altered for the worse; injured etc. v.; ... show more

2 retrograde

Of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma.

3 retrograde

Going from better to worse.

synonym: retrogressive.

Roget 283: receding etc. v.; retrograde, retrogressive; regressive, refluent, reflex, recidivous, resilient; crab-like; balky; reactionary etc. ... show more

4 retrograde

Moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction.

synonym: retral.


Moby thesaurus: aft, after, aftermost, atavistic, back, backslide, backward, cock, coming apart, cracking, crumbling, decadent, decline, declining, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, deteriorating, disimprove, disintegrate ... show more.

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