Words similar to aback

Example sentences for: aback

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Even people who follow the literature on Hitler may be taken aback at the mass of absurdity patiently evaluated here.
But even Chatterbox was taken aback at the virulence of some of Nixon's comments on the new tapes--which, sadly, are not available either in audio or in transcript form on the Web.
He even winces in pain a couple of times, and in the climax lets out a grunt that takes the Bond girl (the dire Denise Richards) aback.
Clearly the scene is scripted, but Aimee does a good job acting taken aback.
I could not see why, born enfranchised, without the obstacles and constraints attendant on women, they set such close limits for themselves and why, once the limits had been reached, they seemed so taken aback.