aback

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Adv

1. (Geordie, archaic, not-comparable) Towards the back or rear; backwards.
2. (archaic, not-comparable) In the rear; a distance behind.
3. (not-comparable) By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage)
4. (not-comparable) Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way.

Noun

An inscribed stone square.

Έννοιες

προς τα πίσω

ξαφνικά

ανάσκελα

εκπληκτικά

ξαφνιασμένος

Συνώνυμα

bemused

backwards

back

🔙

backward

baffled

befogged

befuddled

behind

bewildered

confounded

😖

confused

😕

dazzled

disconcerted

disoriented

distracted

embarrassed

fazed

flabbergasted

muddleheaded

mystified

nonplussed

overawed

puzzled

rearward

stirred

astonied

gobsmacked

nonplused

rear wards

asswards

abaft

astounded

Μεταφράσεις

rückwärts

rugwaarts

achterwaarts

atraz

pelo contrario

atrás

achteruit

dietro

sorpreso

attònito

por detraz ás avessas

en arrière

hinten

a collo

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/əˈbæk/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: abak

Κληρονομήθηκε από Παλαιά Αγγλικά: onbæc

Συγγενές με Δυτικά Φριζικά: tebek

Συγγενές με Σουηδικά: tillbaka

In summary

From Middle English abak, from Old English onbæc, equivalent to a- (“towards”) + back. Compare West Frisian tebek (“aback”, adverb, literally “to/at back”), Swedish tillbaka (idem.).