Retrogress — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

get worse or fall back to a previous condition

go back to bad behavior

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹˌɛtɹoʊɡɹˈɛs/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹˌɛtɹəʊɡɹˈɛs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹˌɛtɹəʊɡɹˈɛs/

3 syllables Say it as /ɹˌɛtɹoʊɡɹˈɛs/.

Examples

Those who recidivate are often minor criminals

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

retrograde relapse regress fall back lapse recidivate

Antonyms

progress

Parts of Speech

verb	get worse or fall back to a previous condition
verb	go back to bad behavior “Those who recidivate are often minor criminals”

Word Forms

regressive	adjective	opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state
retrogressive	adjective	going from better to worse
retrogression	noun	returning to a former state
relapse	noun	a failure to maintain a higher state
relapsing	noun	a failure to maintain a higher state
lapse	noun	a failure to maintain a higher state
recidivism	noun	habitual relapse into crime

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Rückschritt

sich verschlimmern oder in einen früheren Zustand zurückfallen

🇫🇷French

régression

empirer ou retomber dans un état antérieur

🇪🇸Spanish

retrogradar

empeorar o volver a una condición anterior

🇮🇹Italian

regresso

peggiorare o ricadere in una condizione precedente

🇳🇱Dutch

achteruitgaan

verergeren of terugvallen naar een eerdere toestand

🇵🇹Portuguese

retroceder

piorar ou voltar a uma condição anterior

🇷🇺Russian

регресс

ухудшаться или возвращаться к прежнему состоянию

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पतन में होना

खराब हो जाना या वापस पिछली स्थिति में आ जाना

🇧🇩Bengali

পশ্চাদপসরণ

খারাপ হওয়া বা আগের অবস্থায় ফিরে যাওয়া

🇮🇳Tamil

பின்னடைவு

மோசமடைந்து அல்லது முந்தைய நிலைக்குத் திரும்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

తిరోగమనం

అధ్వాన్నంగా లేదా మునుపటి స్థితికి పడిపోతారు

🇮🇳Marathi

मागे जाणे

खराब होणे किंवा पूर्वीच्या स्थितीत परत येणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

પીછેહઠ

ખરાબ થાઓ અથવા પાછલી સ્થિતિમાં પાછા આવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಿಮ್ಮೆಟ್ಟುವಿಕೆ

ಕೆಟ್ಟದಾಗಿ ಅಥವಾ ಹಿಂದಿನ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಗೆ ಹಿಂತಿರುಗಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പിന്മാറ്റം

മോശമാവുക അല്ലെങ്കിൽ മുമ്പത്തെ അവസ്ഥയിലേക്ക് മടങ്ങുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਿਛਾਖੜੀ

ਵਿਗੜ ਜਾਣਾ ਜਾਂ ਪਿਛਲੀ ਸਥਿਤੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਾਪਸ ਆ ਜਾਣਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

پیچھے ہٹنا

خراب ہو جاؤ یا پچھلی حالت میں واپس آ جاؤ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

倒退

变得更糟或回到以前的状况

🇯🇵Japanese

逆行

悪化する、または以前の状態に戻る

🇰🇷Korean

뒤로 돌아가다

악화되거나 이전 상태로 되돌아감

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự thụt lùi

trở nên tồi tệ hơn hoặc rơi trở lại tình trạng trước đó

🇹🇭Thai

ถอยหลัง

แย่ลงหรือกลับสู่สภาวะเดิม

🇮🇩Indonesian

mundur

menjadi lebih buruk atau kembali ke kondisi sebelumnya

🇵🇭Filipino

pag-urong

lumala o bumabalik sa dating kondisyon

🇲🇾Malay

kemunduran

menjadi lebih teruk atau kembali kepada keadaan sebelumnya

Middle East

🇮🇷Persian

قهقرایی

بدتر شود یا به وضعیت قبلی بازگردد

🇹🇷Turkish

gerileme

kötüleşmek veya önceki duruma geri dönmek

🇮🇱Hebrew

נסיגה

להחמיר או לחזור למצב קודם

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The primary meaning of 'retrogress' is 'get worse or fall back to a previous condition'.

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