take aback
1take aback — If you are taken aback, it means that you re surprised or shocked by something …
2take aback — ► take aback shock or surprise (someone). Main Entry: ↑aback …
3take aback — verb surprise greatly; knock someone s socks off (Freq. 1) I was floored when I heard that I was promoted • Syn: ↑shock, ↑floor, ↑ball over, ↑blow out of the water • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
4take aback — verb a) To surprise or shock; to discomfit. I was rather taken aback by his angry reply. b) Of a ship: to catch it with the sails aback suddenly. The bad news took us aback …
5take aback — Astonish, surprise, take by surprise, startle …
6take aback — See: TAKEN BACK …
7take aback — See: TAKEN BACK …
8take aback — Synonyms and related words: abash, appall, astound, bowl down, bowl over, confound, discomfit, disconcert, dismay, electrify, frighten, jar, jolt, put out, shake, shock, stagger, startle, stun …
9take aback — surprise, astound; confuse, bewilder …
10take aback — to (be) cause(d) a feeling of surprise or astonishment, often also with disappointment or dismay …
