Directed backwards, retreating; reverting, especially to an inferior state, declining; inverse, reverse; movement opposite to normal or intended motion, often circular motion.
retrograde ideas, morals, etc.
Counterproductive to a desired outcome.
(of a body orbiting another) In the opposite direction to the orbited body's spin.
Describing a metamorphic change resulting from a decreasing pressure or temperature.
(by extension, of a person) A person who opposes social reforms, favoring the maintenance of the status quo, conservative.
A degenerate person.
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.