retrograde

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

retro·grade [retrograde retrogrades retrograded retrograding] BrE [ˈretrəɡreɪd] NAmE [ˈretrəɡreɪd] adjective (formal, disapproving)
(of an action)making a situation worse or returning to how sth was in the past
•The closure of the factory is a retrograde step.

Word Origin:
late Middle English (as a term in astronomy): from Latin retrogradus, from retro ‘backwards’ gradus ‘step’ (from gradi ‘to walk’).

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  retral, retrogressive, regress, retrogress, rehash, hash over, retreat
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  anterograde, direct, progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up