aback

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

attònito

sorpreso

dietro

a collo

sorprende

scioccato

a

all'indietro

collo

di

a ritroso

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

προς τα πίσω

rückwärts

achterwaarts

rugwaarts

atraz

por detraz ás avessas

atrás

en arrière

achteruit

pelo contrario

ξαφνικά

hinten

atrás

detrás

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/əˈbæk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: abak

Ereditato da inglese antico: onbæc

Affine frisone occidentale: tebek

Affine svedese: 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.).