Defenition of the word accost

• Defenition of the word accost

  • To approach and speak to, especially in an unfriendly way.
  • speak to someone
  • offer one's body for sex in return for money; "he was solicited by a prostitute"
  • approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
  • approach with an offer of sexual favors

Synonyms for the word accost

• • address
  • approach
  • buttonhole
  • come up to
  • confront
  • detain
  • hook
  • solicit
  • stop
  • waylay

Similar words in the accost

• • accost
  • accosted
  • accosting
  • accosts

Hyponyms for the word accost

• • approach
  • greet
  • recognise
  • recognize

Hypernyms for the word accost

• • come
  • come up
  • offer

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