retrograded

verb

past tense of retrograde
as in deteriorated
to become worse or of less value the Dark Ages, the period following the fall of the Roman Empire when Western civilization seriously retrograded

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrograded
  1. deteriorated
  2. descended
  3. crumbled
  4. worsened
  5. declined
  6. degenerated
Verb
  • The relationship between Cassidy and Kennedy has deteriorated after Cassidy criticized Kennedy’s vaccine policies.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 15 July 2026
  • What began as a low-level juvenile case became five years in secure custody as his behavior deteriorated and new charges accumulated.
    — Christina Buttons, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
Definition of deteriorated
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  • Nirmal Kumar, 44, a businessman, said what began as a leisurely trip descended into chaos within minutes as a storm lashed the boat.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
  • On a balmy June evening, a crowd of vampire obsessives descended upon the Upper West Side’s Beacon Theatre in a sea of black and red.
    — Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026
Definition of descended
Verb
  • At the height of Venezuela’s earthquake response, as rescue crews searched crumbled and flattened buildings for signs of life, one worker named Tsunami was supposed to be taking a rare break in the shade.
    — Tibisay Zea, Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2026
  • With the mountain of new evidence presented by the prosecution during this week’s hearings, those theories have effectively crumbled.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026
Definition of crumbled
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  • Five of six different brain tests showed diranersen recipients’ memory and other cognitive abilities still worsened but more slowly than those given dummy shots, Mummery said.
    — Lauran Neergaard, Fortune, 14 July 2026
  • Neighbors who saw smoke coming from the home reached Bo and Addie before conditions worsened.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 14 July 2026
Definition of worsened
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  • The business remained open Saturday afternoon, but employees declined to comment on the raid when reached by phone.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2026
  • When Britain withdrew from the Gulf, Qatar declined to fold into the federation that became the United Arab Emirates and took independence alone in 1971, under Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali, before Hamad's branch of the family held power.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of declined
Verb
  • Macron’s highest aspirations to, as a modern Talleyrand, inject himself and solve global issues such as Ukraine, Africa’s Sahel, Syria, Lebanon, or Iran have fallen short, degenerated into petty feuds, or backfired.
    — Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • Last fall, a Krousty Sabaïdi giveaway promoted by popular French influencer Fares Salvatore, who has more than 868,000 followers on TikTok, degenerated into mayhem when the call-out attracted 3,000 teenagers.
    — Vivian Song, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
Definition of degenerated
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“Retrograded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrograded. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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