Aback

Synonyms for aback:

Sense 1

unawarely, backward.

Sense 2

unawares.

end (adjective)

back.

rear (adjective)

back.

short (adverb)

unanticipatedly.

Usage examples for aback:

• Sancho was taken aback at the sight of all this glory. - "The Story of Don Quixote", Arvid Paulson, Clayton Edwards, and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.
• Sir John Blake looked rather taken aback. - "Good Old Anna", Marie Belloc Lowndes.
• At last I went below on the night of the 10th, but hardly had I turned in and got my eyes well closed when I was aroused up again by a terrific uproar, and, rushing on deck and hurrying for'ard, I found that the Lowestoffe was taken aback and was making a stern- board right down upon us. - "Hurricane Hurry", W.H.G. Kingston.