Synonyms of accosted

accosted

verb

past tense of accost

as in approached

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.

Related Words

• approached
• confronted
• encountered
• cornered
• faced
• met
• bearded
• dared
• braved
• fronted
• affronted
• breasted
• brazened
• defied
• challenged
• faced up (to)
• outfaced
• outbraved
• stood
• resisted
• repelled
• opposed
• withstood
• combated
• contended (with)
• fought
• squared (off)
• battled

Dissimilar Words

• avoided
• shunned
• eschewed
• escaped
• shook
• evaded
• eluded
• ducked
• dodged
• sidestepped
• shirked
• funked

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of accosted

Almost as soon as Jackie enters her flat there, she is accosted by gunmen, narrowly escaping before learning the diabolical and psychopathic mercenaries, The Seven Demons, have been tasked with ending her life. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026

Miltenberg said his client was publicly accosted Thursday and that his client’smother has received death threats. — Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026

Prosecutors presented the state’s case over six days, laying out for the judge how the former plastic surgeon accosted Steven Cozzi in the bathroom of his law office on a Tuesday morning, and Cozzi was never seen again. — Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026

At half-time of the mostly engrossing, controversial Manchester derby on Sunday, Marc Guehi was accosted by a Sky Sports reporter and asked a few questions. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Osama, donning his bulletproof blue press jacket and armed with his camera, is accosted by a woman wailing that 200 of her neighbors are gone. — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026

According to a police affidavit, Sanchez accosted Perry Tole after the Indiana resident had backed his truck into the loading docks of a downtown Indianapolis hotel. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

In 1982, walking through a terminal at Newark International Airport in New Jersey, the Kissingers were accosted by Ellen Kaplan, a follower of Lyndon LaRouche, a cult leader with both Marxist and right-wing associations. — Robert D. McFadden, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026

In that incident, the victim was accosted by two men who demanded valuables. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 31 May 2026