1. taken aback - Adjective
2. taken aback - Verb
(figuratively) Surprised, shocked.
(nautical) Said of a ship, when the wind, suddenly changing, forces the sails aft against the mast.
taken aback
past participle of take aback
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
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
Although Rickey was able to get the player into his room for that night, he was taken aback when he reached his room to find Thomas upset and crying about this injustice. Source: Internet
Angela was so taken aback by Dwight’s chivalry that she even smiled at him! Source: Internet
Apparently taken aback by the critical reception of this novel, and the critical outcry when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962, Steinbeck published no more fiction in the next six years before his death. Source: Internet