English Dictionary
Definition of “accost”
accost (əˈkɒst
)
Definitions
verb
- (tr) to approach, stop, and speak to (a person), as to ask a question, accuse of a crime, solicit sexually, etc
Alternative Forms
acˈcostable adjective Word Origin
C16: from Late Latin accostāre to place side by side, from Latin costa side, rib
Synonyms
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confront,
challenge,
address,
stop,
approach,
oppose,
halt,
greet,
hail,
solicit,
buttonhole,
Usage examples
But Sherry got there before her and managed to accost Aaron just as he was nipping out of the room.
Cathy Kelly, JUST BETWEEN US (2002)You can accost your favourite author, press flesh and adore him.
India Today (1997)"I sure hope Sarah White doesn't accost people at the urinals, too.
Globe and Mail (2003)If you see Colin Montgomerie, please don't accost him with: "Hey, Mister, didn't you used to be somebody?
Times, Sunday Times (2002)She stepped into the stream to accost him, mulberry in her outstretched palm.
Travers, P L, What the Bee Knows - reflections on myth, symbol and story (1989)
