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Synonyms for aback
əˈbækaback
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Princeton's WordNet
abackadverb
having the wind against the forward side of the sails
"the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback"
abackadverb
by surprise
"taken aback by the caustic remarks"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
abackadjective
Synonyms:
backwards, rearwards, regressively
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List of paraphrases for "aback":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#103 | back | |
#1531 | behind | |
#12694 | backwards | |
#19481 | aft | |
#56165 | aback | |
#100004 | unawares | |
#106913 | astern | |
#264157 | abaft |
How to use aback in a sentence?
She said,' I need help. I can't stop thinking about killing Jessie Close.' And I was taken aback.
It is ridiculous, of course, there’s a conspiracy culture in Turkey that has taken over. I was taken aback, but you are dealing with journalists who are not journalists. They are hacks.
There’s a lot of hypocrisy going on, literally no offense to anyone, but I was a little taken aback when they were very proud to cast a Latina actress as Snow White. But you’re still telling the story of ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.’ Take a step back and look at what you’re doing there. It makes no sense to me.
You can't give an optimistic message that the vaccine is going to be developed in December and then come December you don't have a vaccine. Then people are wondering what happened, in the meantime, you know, they have given up social distancing in the assumption that the vaccine going to be developed in six months, and people are taken aback what's going on, they lose confidence.
A staff member from the black caucus called me and said ‘we have to have the picture back,’ and I was kind of taken aback. And we talked a couple of times on the phone after that, and I said ‘Okay, I will give the picture back to Minister Farrakhan’s chief of staff,’.
Translations for aback
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- إلى الخلفArabic
- отзад, заднишком, назадBulgarian
- পেছন দিকেBengali
- zpětCzech
- bagi, bakDanish
- hinten, rückwärtsGerman
- προς τα πίσωGreek
- malantaŭenEsperanto
- atrás, hacia atrásSpanish
- tagaspidi, tagasi, tagurpidiEstonian
- جاخوردن, غافلگیرشدن, یکه خوردنPersian
- takana, takaisin, pakki, perässä, taaksepäinFinnish
- en arrièreFrench
- air aisScottish Gaelic
- पीछ॓ की ओर, अचंभे, बोचक्कHindi
- di, a, dietro, collo, all'indietroItalian
- 後方Japanese
- артқаKazakh
- erubueruntLatin
- rugwaarts, achteraan, achterwaartsDutch
- bakkNorwegian
- do tyłu, z tyłu, wstecz, bieg wstecznyPolish
- para, atrás, trásPortuguese
- [[про́тив]] [[ве́тра]], назад, позади́, сза́диRussian
- naspäťSlovak
- abackTamil
- వెనక్కిTelugu
- ผงะThai
- pupada, geriyeTurkish
- lùi lại, về, trở lại, đằng sauVietnamese
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