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

Sometimes that was impossible, such as when he was accosted in a car park by Jose Mourinho and at the airport by Roma fans after the 2023 Europa League final, but not for lack of trying. — Graham Scott, New York Times, 23 July 2026

If sharing is so great at bringing people together why, when accosted with an unceasing soliloquy of self-disclosure, do so many feel the urge to flee? — Jessica Dulong, CNN Money, 16 June 2026

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

In previous years, the 31-year-old originally from Chicago might have lashed back when accosted on the ice. — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 9 May 2026

Robinson, who police say has a previous conviction for indecent exposure and lewd conduct, accosted multiple women in the area on Sunday, police said. — Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026

At one point during the dizzying saga, the actor is accosted by two fans at a grocery store who drastically overshare about how much his work means to them. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026

When this writer foolishly forgot her iPods inside the Palais, the 15-minute walk to fetch them — during which I was almost toppled over by wind and accosted by sleet — was enough to make her hole up in her hotel room for the rest of the day. — Marta Balaga, Variety, 28 Mar. 2026

Taylor was attempting to join her castmates onstage after the 2025 movie won Best Picture, one of six awards bestowed on the dark comedy-action film, when the guard allegedly accosted her and Abdy, reported TMZ. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026