aback /ə-bakˈ/

1. Backwards
2. Said of sails pressed backward against the mast by the wind (nautical)

taken aback

Taken by surprise

• mousery
• mouses
• mouse-sight
• mouse-sights
• mousetail
• mousetails
• mousetrap
• mousetrapped
• mousetrapping
• mousetraps
• mousey
• mousie
• mousier
• mousies
• mousiest
• mousily
• mousiness
• mousinesses
• mousing
• mousings
• mousle
• mousled
• mousles
• mousling
• mousmee