adj
Meaning 1
Surprised, shocked.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
taken aback
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adj
Meaning 2
Said of a ship, when the wind, suddenly changing, forces the sails aft against the mast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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verb
Meaning 3
past participle of take aback
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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History
Etymology
From taken + aback, first attested in 1840.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: চমকে ওঠা (comke ōṭha) — surprised, shocked
- Bengali: হতচকিত হওয়া (hotcokito hōẇa) — surprised, shocked
- Chinese Cantonese: 吃驚 /吃惊 (hek3 ging1) — surprised, shocked
- Czech: překvapen — surprised, shocked
- Dutch: onthutst — surprised, shocked
- Finnish: ällistynyt — surprised, shocked
- Finnish: järkyttynyt — surprised, shocked
- French: surpris — surprised, shocked
- French: décontenancé — surprised, shocked
- French: pris de court — surprised, shocked
- German: erschrocken — surprised, shocked
- Gujarati: ચકિત (cakit) — surprised, shocked
- Haitian Creole: souke — surprised, shocked
- Haitian Creole: sekwe — surprised, shocked
- Hindi: चकित (cakit) — surprised, shocked
- Icelandic: bregða — surprised, shocked
- Icelandic: bregða við — surprised, shocked
- Icelandic: vera brugðið — surprised, shocked
- Icelandic: verða hvumsa — surprised, shocked
- Icelandic: fara í mínus — surprised, shocked
- Icelandic: fara alveg í mínus — surprised, shocked
- Icelandic: koma á — surprised, shocked
- Italian: preso alla sprovvista — surprised, shocked
- Latin: stupefactus — surprised, shocked
- Latin: attonitus — surprised, shocked
- Latin: consternatus — surprised, shocked
- Marathi: चकित (cakit) — surprised, shocked
- Polish: zbity z tropu — surprised, shocked
- Spanish: sorprendido — surprised, shocked
- Spanish: desconcertado — surprised, shocked
- Spanish: estupefacto — surprised, shocked
- Spanish: atónito — surprised, shocked
- Spanish: consternado — surprised, shocked
- Turkish: şaşkın — surprised, shocked
- Vietnamese: sửng sốt — surprised, shocked
- Vietnamese: ngạc nhiên — surprised, shocked