aback English

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aback Adverb

— Aback can mean toward the back or backward.

— When someone is taken aback, he is surprised. He was taken aback by her angry words.

aback

— adverb by surprise taken aback by the caustic remarks

— adverb having the wind against the forward side of the sails the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback

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aback English » English

bemused

backwards

back

stirred

rearward

rear wards

puzzled

overawed

nonplussed

nonplused

mystified

muddleheaded

gobsmacked

flabbergasted

fazed

embarrassed

distracted

disoriented

disconcerted

dazzled

confused

confounded

bewildered

behind

befuddled

befogged

baffled

backward

astounded

astonied

asswards

abaft