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taken aback en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From taken + aback, first attested in 1840.

Meanings

  1. (figuratively) Surprised, shocked.
    • It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  2. Said of a ship, when the wind, suddenly changing, forces the sails aft against the mast.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most taken aback Degree=Sup lexicographic
more taken aback Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Translations (36)

nl onthutst (surprised, shocked) · it preso alla sprovvista (surprised, shocked) · fi ällistynyt (surprised, shocked) · fr surpris (surprised, shocked) · bn চমকে ওঠা (surprised, shocked) · yue 吃驚 /吃惊 (surprised, shocked) · tr şaşkın (surprised, shocked) · is verða hvumsa (surprised, shocked) · la stupefactus (surprised, shocked) · es sorprendido (surprised, shocked) · is fara í mínus (surprised, shocked) · es atónito (surprised, shocked) · es consternado (surprised, shocked) · is bregða (surprised, shocked) · fr décontenancé (surprised, shocked) · mr चकित (surprised, shocked) · es estupefacto (surprised, shocked) · is vera brugðið (surprised, shocked) · fr pris de court (surprised, shocked) · fi järkyttynyt (surprised, shocked) · is koma á (surprised, shocked) · is bregða við (surprised, shocked) · vi sửng sốt (surprised, shocked) · hi चकित (surprised, shocked) · pl zbity z tropu (surprised, shocked) · ht sekwe (surprised, shocked) · ht souke (surprised, shocked) · is fara alveg í mínus (surprised, shocked) · de erschrocken (surprised, shocked) · gu ચકિત (surprised, shocked) · la attonitus (surprised, shocked) · cs překvapen (surprised, shocked) · es desconcertado (surprised, shocked) · la consternatus (surprised, shocked) · vi ngạc nhiên (surprised, shocked) · bn হতচকিত হওয়া (surprised, shocked)

taken aback en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From taken + aback, first attested in 1840.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) past participle of take aback
    form of take aback