accost
3 antonyms for accost — opposites grouped by meaning.
Verb — To walk up to someone and speak to them in a forceful or unwelcome way.
Synonyms by Meaning
1. verb
To walk up to someone and speak to them in a forceful or unwelcome way.
“A beggar accosted me as soon as I stepped outside.”
Antonyms
Etymology
Accost comes from Middle French accoster, acoster, from Old French acoster (“to stand beside”), which gave Medieval Latin accostare in turn, from Old French a- plus coste (“side, flank”).
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