taken aback

Etymology
From +, first attested in 1840.

Adjective

 * 1)  Surprised, shocked.
 * 2)  Said of a ship, when the wind, suddenly changing, forces the sails aft against the mast.
 * 1)  Said of a ship, when the wind, suddenly changing, forces the sails aft against the mast.

Translations

 * Bengali: চমকে ওঠা, হতচকিত হওয়া
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 吃驚
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ällistynyt,
 * French:, ,
 * German:
 * Gujarati:
 * Haitian Creole: souke, sekwe
 * Hindi:
 * Icelandic:, bregða við, vera brugðið, verða hvumsa, fara í mínus, fara alveg í mínus, koma á
 * Italian: preso alla sprovvista
 * Latin: stupefactus, attonitus, consternatus
 * Marathi: चकित
 * Polish: zbity z tropu
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: ,