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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The latter forms a posh seating area in the new living room, formerly cut short by a staircase and mezzanine that Jon and project contractor Marc Kaplan of Elite Builders reconfigured (the interior architecture changes also helped expand the kitchen to allow space for a breakfast nook).
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Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 20 Dec. 2024
Five days after the shooting, Luigi Mangione was apprehended at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania for the killing, adding a compelling layer to the tale given that the handsome 26-year-old was the valedictorian of his posh Maryland high school and is an Ivy League graduate.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
Kicked out by his posh Beverly Hills parents, Cochran is arrested for trying to steal a car, leading him to join the youth squad under the direction of Captain Adam Greer (Tige Andrews).
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Construction projects across this posh skiing destination would come to a grinding halt.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 20 Dec. 2024
Five days after the shooting, Luigi Mangione was apprehended at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania for the killing, adding a compelling layer to the tale given that the handsome 26-year-old was the valedictorian of his posh Maryland high school and is an Ivy League graduate.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
Kicked out by his posh Beverly Hills parents, Cochran is arrested for trying to steal a car, leading him to join the youth squad under the direction of Captain Adam Greer (Tige Andrews).
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Construction projects across this posh skiing destination would come to a grinding halt.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Posh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/posh. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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