Synonyms of accost

accost

verb

as in to confront

to approach and speak to (someone) often in an angry, aggressive, or unwanted way

He was accosted by peddlers selling touristy trinkets on the street.

She was so famous that people would accost her on the street and ask for an autograph.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confront
• approach
• encounter
• face
• dare
• meet
• front
• brave
• breast
• defy
• corner
• outface
• brazen
• face up (to)
• beard
• outbrave
• resist
• affront
• stand
• challenge
• repel
• withstand
• oppose
• contend (with)
• combat
• fight
• square (off)
• battle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoid
• shun
• eschew
• evade
• escape
• elude
• shake
• dodge
• sidestep
• shirk
• duck
• funk

Examples of accost in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There, on the outskirts of the famous rotunda, Bailey accosted and started haranguing me about [the New York law Trump was found liable for violating]. —Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 25 July 2024

Just try to scroll through TikTok without being accosted (lovingly) by girlies walking to grab their morning coffees (or the real Scandi girls biking through their cities) while sporting bold colour combinations and unexpected outfits. —Angela Law, refinery29.com, 9 Apr. 2024

At least two men accosted the 69-year-old woman and her husband close to the Barnes & Noble bookstore at the mall and attempted to rob them, according to a law enforcement source. —Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024

The movie opens in a bar, where Butler’s Benny sits, minding his own business, until two thugs accost him. —Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 21 June 2024