I was taken aback at the shadow.
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Aback
//əˈbæk//
Synonyms for "aback" (9 found)
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1 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesdistinct from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
88 translations across 35 languages.
Afan Oromo
3 entries- na'uu adv (backwards)
- nahuu adv (backwards)
- rifachuu adv (backwards)
Albanian
1 entries- prapa adv (backwards)
Arabic
1 entries- إِلَى اَلْخَلْف adv (backwards)
Bengali
2 entries- অবাক adv (backwards)
- পেছন দিকে adv (backwards)
Bulgarian
3 entries- заднишком adv (backwards)
- назад adv (backwards)
- отзад adv (in the rear)
Czech
2 entries- s větrem z přídě adv (said of sails pressed backward)
- zpět adv (backwards)
Danish
3 entries- bagi adv (in the rear)
- baglæns adv (backwards)
- bagved adv (in the rear)
Dutch
4 entries- achteraan adv (in the rear)
- achterwaarts adv (backwards)
- bak adv (said of sails pressed backward)
- met een kopwind adv (said of sails pressed backward)
Esperanto
3 entries- malantaŭa adv (said of sails pressed backward)
- malantaŭe adv (in the rear)
- malantaŭen adv (backwards)
Estonian
3 entries- tagasi adv (backwards)
- tagaspidi adv (backwards)
- tagurpidi adv (backwards)
Finnish
4 entries- pakilla adv (said of sails pressed backward)
- perässä adv (in the rear)
- taaksepäin adv (backwards)
- takaisin adv (backwards)
French
2 entries- derrière adv (in the rear)
- en arrière adv (backwards)
German
2 entries- hinten adv (in the rear)
- rückwärts adv (backwards)
Greek
2 entries- προς τα πίσω adv (backwards)
- προς τα πίσω adv (said of sails pressed backward)
Hindi
2 entries- पीछ॓ की ओर adv (backwards)
- बोचक्क adv (backwards)
Italian
4 entries- a collo adv (said of sails pressed backward)
- di dietro adv (in the rear)
- dietro adv (in the rear)
- indietro adv (backwards)
Japanese
1 entries- 後方へ adv (backwards)
Kazakh
1 entries- артқа adv (backwards)
Latvian
1 entries- atpakaļ adv (backwards)
Manx
3 entries- cooyl (aym) adv (in the rear)
- ergooyl adv (said of sails pressed backward)
- çheu choylloo (jeem) adv (in the rear)
Māori
1 entries- kōpio adv (said of sails pressed backward)
Norwegian
1 entries- bakk adv (backwards)
Persian
3 entries- جاخوردن adv (backwards)
- غافلگیرشدن adv (backwards)
- یکه خوردن adv (backwards)
Polish
4 entries- bieg wsteczny adv (said of sails pressed backward)
- do tyłu adv (backwards)
- wstecz adv (backwards)
- z tyłu adv (in the rear)
Portuguese
3 entries- atrás adv (backwards)
- atrás adv (in the rear)
- para trás adv (backwards)
Russian
4 entries- наза́д adv (backwards)
- позади́ adv (in the rear)
- про́тив ве́тра adv (said of sails pressed backward)
- сза́ди adv (in the rear)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- air ais adv (backwards)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- nȁtrāg adv (backwards)
- nȁzād adv (backwards)
- ùnazād adv (backwards)
- на̏за̄д adv (backwards)
Slovak
1 entries- naspäť adv (backwards)
Spanish
2 entries- atrás adv (backwards)
- hacia atrás adv (backwards)
Swedish
3 entries- back adv (said of sails pressed backward)
- bakåt adv (backwards)
- där bak adv (in the rear)
Telugu
1 entries- వెనక్కి adv (backwards)
Turkish
2 entries- geriye adv (backwards)
- pupada adv (said of sails pressed backward)
Ukrainian
3 entries- зза́ду adv (in the rear)
- наза́д adv (backwards)
- поза́ду adv (in the rear)
Vietnamese
4 entries- lùi lại adv (in the rear)
- trở lại phía sau adv (in the rear)
- về phía sau adv (in the rear)
- đằng sau adv (in the rear)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
I was taken aback at the answer.
Source: tatoeba (44074)
Walter was taken aback by John's cruel insult.
Source: tatoeba (65644)
I was taken aback by the news.
Source: tatoeba (254167)
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