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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Then there’s the nice house above the posh resort, where tensions are running high.
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Peter White, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2025
Victoria Beckham had the poshest curtsy for Queen Camilla when the royal said hello at a Buckingham Palace reception.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
The Ce Soir is a bit more posh, though its mixture of cognac, yellow Chartreuse, Cynar and Regans’ orange bitters is no less punchy.
—Colin Wrenn, The Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2025
But as before, every visitor and employee at the posh wellness resort is either a possible murderer, victim, or both.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
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Peter White, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2025
Victoria Beckham had the poshest curtsy for Queen Camilla when the royal said hello at a Buckingham Palace reception.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
The Ce Soir is a bit more posh, though its mixture of cognac, yellow Chartreuse, Cynar and Regans’ orange bitters is no less punchy.
—Colin Wrenn, The Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2025
But as before, every visitor and employee at the posh wellness resort is either a possible murderer, victim, or both.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for posh
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“Posh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/posh. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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