Synonym Game

accosted

[uh-kaw-stid, uh-kos-tid]

ac·cost·ed

[uh-kaw-stid, uh-kos-tid]
adjective Heraldry.
(of animals) represented as side by side: two dolphins accosted.

Origin:
1600–10; accost + -ed2

un·ac·cost·ed, adjective

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Accosted is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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ac·cost

[uh-kawst, uh-kost]
verb (used with object)
1.
to confront boldly: The beggar accosted me for money.
2.
to approach, especially with a greeting, question, or remark.
3.
(of prostitutes, procurers, etc.) to solicit for sexual purposes.
noun
4.
a greeting.

Origin:
1570–80; < Late Latin accostāre to be or put side by side. See ac-, coast

ac·cost·a·ble, adjective
un·ac·cost·a·ble, adjective
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