ACCOSTS Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

accosts

verb

present tense third-person singular of accost

as in confronts

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.

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The administration confronts anger over rising costs, reclassified casualties and Brent crude near $95 a barrel, with gas prices and inflation squeezing Americans as Republicans try to protect narrow congressional majorities.

— Aamer Madhani, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
In the finale, Alice confronts Easton at his home and has to acknowledge that an entire cohort of people — cops, other wealthy men, even Easton’s own daughter — were complicit in his crimes.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026

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This question can reveal how a provider approaches expectations.

— Scott Keever, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
In the data, as the universe approaches 2 billion to 3 billion years of age, the little red dots seem to vanish — preliminary evidence that little red dots, as black hole stars, might really be a puberty-like phase for many supermassive black holes.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026

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