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.

Synonyms & Similar 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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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