Word.ws English Dictionary

retrogress

retrogress verb: to return to an earlier, simpler or worse condition; to regress.

Verb

retrogress (third-person singular simple present retrogresses, present participle retrogressing, simple past and past participle retrogressed)

  1. (intransitive) To return to an earlier, simpler or worse condition; to regress.
  2. (intransitive) To go backwards; to retreat.
  3. (intransitive) To return to bad behaviour; to relapse.

Noun

retrogress (plural retrogresses)

  1. A retrogression.

retrogress meaning in Kannada

retrogress in Kannada

ಇಳಿಮುಖವಾಗು, ಅವನತಿ ಹೊಂದು, ಕೀಳುಗತಿಗೆ ಇಳಿ

Antonyms of retrogress

Forms of retrogress

Verb
third-person singular presentretrogresses
present participleretrogressing
past participleretrogressed
pastretrogressed
Noun
pluralretrogresses

Origin of retrogress

From Latin retrōgressus, perfect active participle of retrōgradior (“retrograde”).

Questions about retrogress

What does retrogress mean?
Retrogress means to return to an earlier, simpler or worse condition; to regress.
What is retrogress in Kannada?
Retrogress in Kannada is ಇಳಿಮುಖವಾಗು, ಅವನತಿ ಹೊಂದು, ಕೀಳುಗತಿಗೆ ಇಳಿ. See Retrogress meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is retrogress?
Retrogress can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of retrogress?
The past tense of retrogress is retrogressed.

Words near retrogress in the dictionary

  1. retrogrations
  2. retrogreen
  3. retrogreened
  4. retrogreening
  5. retrogreens
  6. retrogress
  7. retrogressed
  8. retrogresses
  9. retrogressing
  10. retrogression
  11. retrogressional

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: retrogress (page history and authors); retrogress (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “retrogress.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/retrogress. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.