accost[verb]Synonyms: approach, buttonhole, confront, greet, hail
Contrasted words: ignore, overlook, slight, avoid, elude, evade, shun
Related Idioms: come face to face with, meet face to face
Related Words: buttonhole,
affront,
insult,
offend,
outrage,
annoy,
bother,
challenge,
dare,
outface,
call (to),
hail,
halloo,
dog,
hound,
pester,
worry [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
ac‧cost /əˈkɒst $ əˈkɒːst, əˈkɑːst/
verb [transitive] written[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: French;
Origin: accoster, from Latin costa 'rib, side']
to go towards someone you do not know and speak to them in an unpleasant or threatening way:
He was accosted by four youths and forced to give them all his money. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲