1
: elegant, fashionable
a posh restaurant
2
British
: typical of or intended for the upper classes : highfalutin
posh accents
poshly
adverb
poshness
noun
Examples of posh in a Sentence
They live in a posh neighborhood.
The family is very posh.
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James Mangold is sitting comfortably in a posh London hotel sipping tea.
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
One by one, however, as the event’s end time inched near, attendees headed back down to the posh hotel’s lobby—those clad in the brand’s new garb surely among the best dressed in the establishment.
—Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
Detectives launched a homicide investigation on Monday after discovering a woman's body in a guest room at a posh Water Mill resort in the Hamptons.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Etihad will offer four weekly flights to Atlanta on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, on its posh Airbus A350 jets beginning July 2, 2025.
—Edward Russell, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2024
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
One by one, however, as the event’s end time inched near, attendees headed back down to the posh hotel’s lobby—those clad in the brand’s new garb surely among the best dressed in the establishment.
—Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
Detectives launched a homicide investigation on Monday after discovering a woman's body in a guest room at a posh Water Mill resort in the Hamptons.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Etihad will offer four weekly flights to Atlanta on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, on its posh Airbus A350 jets beginning July 2, 2025.
—Edward Russell, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Posh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/posh. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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