aback

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

en arrière

derrière

étonné

déconcerté

être décontenancé

Synonymes

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

Traductions

προς τα πίσω

rugwaarts

rückwärts

achterwaarts

atraz

atrás

por detraz ás avessas

achteruit

dietro

attònito

sorpreso

pelo contrario

ξαφνικά

hinten

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/əˈbæk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: abak

Hérité de ancien anglais: onbæc

Appartenant à frison occidental: tebek

Appartenant à suédois: 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.).