Synonyms of retrograding

retrograding

verb

present participle of retrograde

as in deteriorating

to become worse or of less value

the Dark Ages, the period following the fall of the Roman Empire when Western civilization seriously retrograded

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deteriorating
• descending
• worsening
• crumbling
• declining
• degenerating
• diminishing
• devolving
• ebbing
• regressing
• sinking
• decaying
• weakening
• rotting
• atrophying
• disintegrating
• receding
• waning
• falling
• running to seed
• downsizing
• degrading
• sagging
• going to pot
• decomposing
• reducing
• going to seed
• dwindling
• undermining
• corrupting
• souring
• slipping
• putrefying
• abating
• lessening
• moldering
• lagging
• dilapidating
• debilitating
• languishing
• spoiling
• drooping
• lowering
• de-escalating
• failing
• flagging
• wasting (away)
• running down
• wilting
• breaking down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improving
• ameliorating
• upgrading
• bettering
• intensifying
• strengthening
• enhancing
• meliorating
• developing
• proceeding
• progressing
• advancing
• enriching
• fortifying
• heightening
• marching