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accosts

The word “accosts” has 2 syllables: ac-costs

It's pronounced as /əˈkɒsts/

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In the thesaurus, “accosts” has 5 synonyms and 5 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for accosts along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for accosts

  • annoy
  • approaches
  • buttonhole
  • confront
  • confronts

Antonyms for accosts

  • avoids
  • escapes
  • eschews
  • evades
  • shuns

Meanings of accosts

  • noun
    1. Address; greeting.
    2. An attack.
  • verb
    1. To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
    2. To join side to side; to border.
    3. (by extension) To sail along the coast or side of.
    4. To approach; to come up to.
    5. To speak to first; to address; to greet.
    6. To adjoin; to lie alongside.
    7. To assault.
    8. To solicit sexually.

Example Sentences

  • He often accosts strangers in the park to ask for directions.
  • The street vendor accosts tourists to sell his goods.
  • She doesn’t like when someone accosts her while she's walking alone.
  • The man accosts anyone who passes by his shop with a sales pitch.
  • He accosts people at the train station, trying to sell them tickets.

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