Sorry, no online dictionaries contain the exact phrase taken back by surprise.
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1. taken aback
 2. surprised
3. startled
4. astonished
5. shocked
6. aback
7. astonied
8. astonishment
9. astound
10. astounded
 11. bogglingly
12. disbelief
13. flabbergast
14. flabbergasted
15. gobsmacked
16. mind boggling
17. only
18. popeyed
19. staggered
20. stunning
 21. stupefaction
22. stupefying
23. thunderstruck
24. aah
25. amaze
26. amazed
27. amazement
28. astonisher
29. astounding
30. astoundment
 31. awe-struck
32. awed
33. awestricken
34. awestruck
35. bafflement
36. baffling
37. bewildering

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