taken aback

English

From taken + aback, first attested in 1840.

taken aback (comparative more taken aback, superlative most taken aback)

(figuratively) Surprised, shocked.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess‎:
  It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.
(nautical) Said of a ship, when the wind, suddenly changing, forces the sails aft against the mast.

surprised, shocked

Hindi: चकित: surprised
Icelandic: bregða (is), bregða við, vera brugðið, verða hvumsa, fara í mínus, fara alveg í mínus, koma á
Italian: preso alla sprovvista
Latin: stupefactus, attonitus, consternatus
Vietnamese: sửng sốt (vi), ngạc nhiên (vi)

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