Aback
Sudden
Sudden adjective - Not expected.
Aback and sudden are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Aback" instead an adverb "Sudden".
Nearby Words: suddenly, suddenness
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- short and aback
- short and sudden
- out of the blue and aback
- out of the blue and sudden
- without delay and aback
- without delay and sudden
- abruptly and aback
- abruptly and sudden
- suddenly and aback
- suddenly and sudden
- unexpectedly and aback
- unexpectedly and sudden
- all of a sudden and aback
- all of a sudden and sudden
Both words in one sentence
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And they can, apparently, invade the spirit realm via portals, although even they are taken aback by the sudden spirit activity.
- Even the heroes are taken aback by how powerful his Cacnea's Sandstorm seems all of a sudden - and this is also true for the old episode where he became the "Flaming Moltres", whipping Butch, Cassidy, AND Ash until his horoscope got rained on.
Source: Redemption Promotion
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