RETROGRADED Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

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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The business has not deteriorated by 43% in a matter of weeks.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Her vision deteriorated, at times disappearing completely, while neurological symptoms led to seizure-like episodes and stroke-like symptoms.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of deteriorated

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Two days earlier, Delhi police officers had descended on Jantar Mantar, the eighteenth-century astronomical observatory and frequent site of protests in the nation’s capital, where Wangchuk had been on an indefinite hunger strike since June 28.

— Jonathan Mingle, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026
Parking is banned on Guthrie’s stretch of Camino Escalante, a restriction that was sparked by media that descended on her quiet neighborhood in February and March.

— Stephanie Murray, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2026

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Hoyer and his front office watched as their pitching crumbled down the stretch last season.

— Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
State road officials on Saturday closed an exit on the Kennedy Expressway near Jefferson Park after part of a retaining wall crumbled.

— Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of crumbled

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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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