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Word | Retrograde |
Nepali Meaning | प्रतिगामी |
(astronomy) moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth / of amnesia / Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet. / go backwards; degenerate / directed or moving backward. / returning to an earlier and usually worse state or condition / moving backward, | |
Usage | ⇒ Closing primary health centre in the village is a retrograde step ⇒ Instead of advancing, our civilization seems to have retrograded in ethics and culture. ⇒ a retrograde policy that would leave more people poorer than they are now ⇒ a retrograde flow |
Synonyms | retreat, retrogressive, backward, retrogress, fall back, recede, regress, retrocede, regressive, back, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, ebb, lapse, relapse, retral, return, failing, opposite, |
Antonyms | progress, anterograde, direct, forward, advance, positive, progressive, contemporary, current, designer, hot, mod, modern, modernistic, new, new-fashioned, new age, newfangled, present-day, red-hot, |
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