retrogrado

Meaning

Adj

1. retrograde (all senses)
2. backward
3. reactionary

Noun

stick in the mud

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of retrogradare

Concepts

retrograde

reactionary

diehard

hidebound

mossback

myopic

narrow-minded

reactionist

small-minded

ultraconservative

unregenerate

closed-minded

close-minded

backwards

extreme right-winger

conservative

Synonyms

codino

reazionario

retrivo

parruccone

passatista

che si muove all’indietro

che degenera

legittimista

all’antica

forcaiolo

codina

vandeano

gretto

oscurantista

Translations

retrógrado

rétrograde

reaccionario

rückschrittlich

reacionário

ultradretà

reaccionari

engstirnig

borniert

engherzig

retrograd

rückläufig

ewiggestrig

borné

ultraconservador

Hyphenated as

re‧trò‧gra‧do

Pronounced as (IPA)

/reˈtrɔ.ɡra.do/

Etymology

From Latin retrōgradus, from retrō (“backwards”) + gradus (“step”). By surface analysis, retro- + grado.