What is another word for accosts?

Pronunciation: [ɐkˈɒsts] (IPA)

Accosts is a word that means to approach someone and speak to them in a demanding or aggressive way. Synonyms for this word include confronts, addresses, greets, hails, confronts, stops, and buttonholes. When someone accosts another person, they may be trying to start a conversation, ask a question, or challenge their behavior. Depending on the context, different synonyms may be more appropriate. For instance, addressing someone is less confrontational than accosting them, while confronting someone suggests a more challenging encounter. No matter which word is used, the meaning is clear: someone is approaching another person with a clear intent to speak to them.

Usage examples for Accosts

Your father, I suppose, accosts you thus.
"The Comedies of Terence"
Publius Terentius Afer
Seeing the knight overcome by his grief, and on the point of fainting, the poet accosts him, and courteously demands his pardon for the intrusion.
"Chaucer"
Adolphus William Ward
That man will be sick before the tenth man accosts him.
"Dollars and Sense"
Col. Wm. C. Hunter

Famous quotes with Accosts

  • The moment one accosts a stranger or is accosted by him is above all in this life the moment of drama... Whoever we meet watches us intently at the quick, strange moment of meeting, to see whether we are disposed to be friendly.
    Haniel Long

Related words: accusative, accusatives, adjective, adjective case, adjective phrases, adjective clauses, adverb, adverbs

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