taken aback (adjective) abashed: exhibiting mental discomfort, ill at ease
Sinonime: ashamed,
bewildered, bugged, chagrined,
confounded,
confused, crushed,
discombobulated*,
disconcerted,
embarrassed, fazed, fuddled, humbled,
humiliated, in a tizzy, mortified, rattled, shamed, taken aback
Antonime: at ease,
composed, emboldened,
proud, reassured