Definitions of accost [əˈkɔst, əˈkɒst]

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Definition of 'accost'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) accost
to confront boldly.

2. accost
to approach with a greeting, question, or remark.

Etymology: (1570–80; < LL accostāre to be or put side by side. See ac -, coast)

Definition of 'accost'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) address, accost, come up to
speak to someone

2. (verb) hook, solicit, accost
approach with an offer of sexual favors
"he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"

Definition of 'accost'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) accost
address; greeting

2. (verb) accost
to join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of

3. (verb) accost
to approach; to make up to

4. (verb) accost
to speak to first; to address; to greet

5. (verb) accost
to adjoin; to lie alongside

Translation of 'accost'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to approach and speak to, especially in an unfriendly way I was accosted in the street by four men with guns.
Afrikaans: bydam	Arabic: يَدْنُو مِن شَخْص وَيُخَا	Bulgarian: обръщам се към
Brazilian: abordar	Czech: obtěžovat, přistoupit a o	German: anreden
Danish: antaste; tiltale	Greek: πλευρίζω, πλησιάζω απειλη	Spanish: abordar
Estonian: kõnetama	Farsi: مواجه شدن	Finnish: puhutella epäystävällises
French: accoster	Hebrew: לִפנוֹת בְּגָסוּת/בְּאִיו	Hindi: संबोधन करना
Croatian: osloviti	Hungarian: leszólít	Indonesian: menghampiri, menyapa
Icelandic: abbast uppá	Italian: avvicinare	Japanese: 話しかける
Korean: (모르는 사람이) 다가와서 말을 걸다	Lithuanian: prikibti, užkabinti	Latvian: piesieties
Malay: didatangi	Dutch: aanklampen	Norwegian: tiltale; antaste
Polish: zaczepić	Persian: مواجه شدن	Pashto: مخامخ كيدل
Portuguese: abordar	Romanian: a acosta	Russian: приставать
Slovak: osloviť, zastaviť	Slovenian: nadlegovati, ogovoriti	Serbian: prići neprijateljski
Swedish: antasta	Thai: ทักด้วยท่าทีที่ไม่สุภาพหร	Turkish: (kötü niyetle) yaklaşmak,
Taiwanese: (不友善地)搭話，搭訕	Ukrainian: чіплятися	Urdu: نزدیک آ کے بولنا ، ٹوکنا
Vietnamese: bắt chuyện	Chinese: 拦截搭话，搭讪
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