Antonyms for aback
əˈbækaback

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1. aback

   Antonyms:
   onwards, forwards, ahead, before, afront, beyond, afore

   Synonyms:
   backwards, rearwards, aft, abaft, astern, behind, back

Princeton's WordNet

1. abackadverb

   having the wind against the forward side of the sails

   "the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback"

2. abackadverb

   by surprise

   "taken aback by the caustic remarks"

How to use aback in a sentence?

1. China Wong:

   We were taken aback by the response to the image below of our Governor with Ivanka Trump who received services from our salon. We also recognize impact matters more than intent. While we are not a partisan organization we do see it as part of our mission to welcome people to Des Moines and serve everyone. We share images of our clients, some that are recognizable public figures, to showcase our work.

2. Cecille Sorio:

   When people found out that a woman would be leading a Corps of almost 2,400 people, they were taken aback, because it wasn't the image they were used to, looking back at what she's done with the Corps, it's made a lot of positive progress. She's made a good name for change.

3. Paris Tzertis:

   (Electroniki) had accumulated losses and had made serious efforts with its creditors (to be restructured), we all knew it had serious problems but we were taken aback by its bankruptcy.

4. Bo Dietl:

   Michael Cohen was very taken aback that no one was communicating with Michael Cohen, you're so close to somebody and all of a sudden they stop talking to you, you wonder what's happened.

5. Gayle Dudley:

   I was taken aback. To be named a Grill Master Legend means a lot to me, what made me happiest is that I had the opportunity to share it with my mother and see how proud she was.

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