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Directed or moving backwards

Reverting to an earlier and inferior condition

From, or reminiscent of, an earlier time or era

Depraved, perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense

Dealing with past events or situations in a backward manner

To decline or deteriorate in state

To go or move back or further away from a previous position

To return to a former or less developed state

To prepare a summary of something

Towards a position further back

A licentious person who seeks self-gratification

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Adjective

Directed or moving backwards

directed backwards

“Many of course would stop here and dismiss this inherently nostalgic call for a revalidation of the beautiful as hopelessly retrograde and unproductive.”

Adjective

Reverting to an earlier and inferior condition

“The appellant asserts that the building was uninhabitable when he moved in, and that to return it to that state would be a retrograde step.”

Adjective

From, or reminiscent of, an earlier time or era

backward-looking

behind the times

past your sell-by date

past its sell-by date

as old as the hills

horse and buggy

in period style

horse-and-buggy

of the old school

old as the hills

fallen into disuse

on its last legs

long in the tooth

anachronistical

well-established

no longer in use

out of commission

old as Methuselah

having seen better days

unsophisticated

no longer fashionable

no longer in fashion

not fashionable

tried and tested

long-established

becoming obsolete

consigned to oblivion

of an advanced age

advanced in years

going out of use

going out of fashion

not long for this world

past your prime

not as young as one used to be

not as young as one was

no spring chicken

pleasantly old-fashioned

down-at-the-heels

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Adjective

Depraved, perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

gone to the dogs

pleasure-seeking

in the fast lane

lacking restraint

no better than one should be

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Adjective

Dealing with past events or situations in a backward manner

backward-looking

Verb

To decline or deteriorate in state

go down the toilet

go down the tubes

go to rack and ruin

take a turn for the worse

become debilitated

become dilapidated

be on your last legs

come apart at seams

be the worse for wear

go from bad to worse

make something worse

take a nosedive

appear in a poor light

be at disadvantage

be shown to disadvantage

fall into decay

be worse for wear

hit rock bottom

fall into disrepair

come apart at the seams

become moribund

have one foot in the grave

be at death's door

be on one's deathbed

be breathing one's last

be giving up the ghost

be slipping away

be about to die

be approaching death

turn the clock back

go into decline

fall apart at the seams

become emaciated

go down the tube

suffer a relapse

get worse again

be on the way out

draw to a close

become shrunken

become enfeebled

go into a tailspin

reach a new low

leave the straight and narrow

go down the primrose path

fall from grace

be insufficient

go into a decline

be found lacking

not come to ripeness

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Verb

To go or move back or further away from a previous position

move further off

retrace your steps

go back over the same ground

go into reverse

change one's tune

have change of heart

do an about-turn on

do an about-face

change your mind

do an about-turn

wash your hands of

declare null and void

do a volte-face

have second thoughts

shift one's ground

break your word

think better of

take it all back

sing a different song

change your mind about

go back on your word

dissociate from

render null and void

break a promise

drive backwards

change your decision

turn your back on

change one's attitude

change one's plans

divorce oneself from

turn the tables

refuse to acknowledge

refuse to accept

swallow one's words

admit you were wrong

withdraw from agreement or statement

beat a hasty retreat

go over the fence

turn one's coat

shoot down in flames

shoot full of holes

take exception to

turn thumbs down

stand in the way

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Verb

To return to a former or less developed state

Verb

To prepare a summary of something

put in a nutshell

give an outline of

give a rundown of

give a summary of

make a summary of

get to the meat

give an abstract of

give a precis of

give a synopsis of

give main points

give the main points of

give the gist of

give a digest of

characterize^US

characterise^UK

give a thumbnail sketch of

write a critique

make a outline of

make a résumé of

write a summary of

make a long story short

make an outline of

give a rough idea of

give a quick rundown on

give a rough idea

give a summing-up

review the evidence

summarize the argument

summarize the evidence

give an account of

write an article about

get the measure of

run through again

go over same ground

go the same round

give a brief idea of

give an precis of

give a resume of

go through the main points of

give a résumé of

make cutbacks in

axe^UK

ax^US

make reductions in

take the edge off

put the brakes on

put a restriction on

cut to the bone

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Adverb

Towards a position further back

Noun

A licentious person who seeks self-gratification

pleasure-seeker

dissolute person

good-for-nothing

perverted person

depraved person

pleasure seeker

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