regressive (adj.)
- apostate
- ascending
- atavistic
- axial
- back
- backward
- cracking
- decadent
- degenerate
- descending
- downward
- draining
- drifting
- drooping
- dwindling
- effete
- fading
- failing
- falling
- flagging
- flowing
- fluent
- flying
- going
- passing
- progressive
- reactionary
- recessive
- recrudescent
- retroactive
- retrograde
- retrogressive
- retrorse
- returnable
- reversible
- reversionary
- revertible
- rising
- rotary
- rotational
- rotatory
- running
- rushing
- sliding
- slipping
- soaring
- streaming
- upward
- waning
- withering
- worsening