aback

Speech parts

1. aback - Noun

2. aback - Adverb

Meaning

Toward the back or rear; backward.

Behind; in the rear.

Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.

An abacus.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

after back short behind midstream confused surprise sudden surprised backward abruptly hind aft stunned astonished
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Antonyms

van directly forward ahead forth onward
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Phrases with the word

take aback be taken aback

Anagrams

Baack

Examples

taken aback by the caustic remarks Source: Internet

the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback Source: Internet

Again, I displayed no symptoms, and I was quite taken aback. Source: Internet

Amber admitted she was taken aback by the massive sum of money on offer, adding: ‘I was like, wait, somebody would pay like 60 grand for me to go and spend three days with them? Source: Internet

At the same time, he remarked that too many Black youths are vanishing in the same way that cousins Isaiah and Joel Henry were killed and mutilated last weekend on a coconut estate aback Cotton Tree Village, West Coast Berbice. Source: Internet

After hearing this effect, Carter was "taken aback" and noted it was "going to be good".sfn According to the "Behind the Truth" segment on the first season DVD, Snow created the echo effect on the track by accident. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

abacination abaciscus abacist aback of abackstays abackward