Taken-aback Definition

adjective

(figuratively) Surprised, shocked.

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(nautical) Said of a ship, when the wind, suddenly changing, forces the sails aft against the mast.
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verb
Past participle of take aback.
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Origin of Taken-aback

  • From taken + aback, first attested in 1840.

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Taken-aback Sentence Examples

  • He was taken aback momentarily, but he recovered swiftly.

  • Even the home gardener may be taken aback.

  • I think I may have been a little too forthright in stating the channel's case and Kate looks slightly taken aback.

  • You might also be taken aback by the ferocity of someone's reaction.

  • The cast seemed a little taken aback and surprised by the rousing reception the audience gave them come the curtain calls.

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