accosted (verb)

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• accost — [[t]əkɒ̱st, AM əkɔ͟ːst[/t]] accosts, accosting, accosted VERB (disapproval) If someone accosts another person, especially a stranger, they stop them or go up to them and speak to them in a way that seems rude or threatening. [FORMAL] [V n] I went …   English dictionary

• accost — verb (T) to go towards someone you do not know and speak to them in an unpleasant or threatening way: On the station she was accosted by a man asking for money …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• accost — verb police accosted him in the street Syn: confront, call to, shout to, hail, address, speak to; approach, detain, stop, waylay; informal buttonhole, collar, bend someone s ear …   Thesaurus of popular words

• accost — UK [əˈkɒst] / US [əˈkɔst] verb [transitive] Word forms accost : present tense I/you/we/they accost he/she/it accosts present participle accosting past tense accosted past participle accosted formal to stop someone and speak to them, especially in …   English dictionary

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• accost — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. greet, hail, address. See courtesy. Ant., scorn. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To greet] Syn. address, hail, call to; see greet . 2. [To solicit] Syn. approach, waylay, confront, proposition*; see… …   English dictionary for students

• accost — ac|cost [ ə kɔst ] verb transitive FORMAL to stop someone and speak to them, especially in a way that could annoy them or make them feel embarrassed: Wherever he goes he is accosted by young people asking for his autograph …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English