Synonyms of accosts

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.

Related Words

• confronts
• approaches
• encounters
• faces
• corners
• meets
• dares
• breasts
• fronts
• defies
• braves
• outbraves
• outfaces
• resists
• brazens
• stands
• affronts
• challenges
• faces up (to)
• beards
• repels
• opposes
• withstands
• contends (with)
• squares (off)
• combats
• fights
• battles

Dissimilar Words

• avoids
• shuns
• eschews
• escapes
• evades
• shakes
• eludes
• sidesteps
• dodges
• shirks
• ducks
• funks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of accosts

In that dialogue, Endymion, the mythical shepherd, is imprisoned in an eternal sleep by Artemis and accosts a stranger who is on his way to Mount Latmus, where Endymion repairs each night to wait for Artemis. — Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026