Definitions from Wiktionary (take aback)
▸ verb: (idiomatic, transitive) To surprise or shock; to discomfit.
▸ verb: (nautical, usually passive) Of a ship: to catch it with the sails aback suddenly.
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▸ verb: (idiomatic, transitive) To surprise or shock; to discomfit.
▸ verb: (nautical, usually passive) Of a ship: to catch it with the sails aback suddenly.
Similar:
shock,
stun,
blow out of the water,
floor,
ball over,
set aback,
surprise,
astound,
discomfit,
astonish,
more...
Opposite:
Adjectives:
perplex,
ambushed,
shock,
upset,
put about,
conflicted,
turbulent,
perturbed,
torqued,
silenced,
jimjam
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