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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Fairmont Olympic Hotel Thanks to a sweeping $25 million renovation and its 100th anniversary last year, Fairmont Olympic Hotel remains the Emerald City’s poshest place to stay.
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Katie Chang, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Each of the posh digs looks out to lush greenery and features open-air hot spring baths.
—Christina Liao, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2025
The Estate Market farm shop is a short walk away and is well stocked with essentials, posh ready meals, gifts, clothing and toiletries.
—Jonathan Samuels, theweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Footage from the lobby of the Casa Sur hotel in the posh Palermo neighborhood showed that minutes before Payne's death he was seen unconscious and being carried up to his room by three people.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
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Katie Chang, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Each of the posh digs looks out to lush greenery and features open-air hot spring baths.
—Christina Liao, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2025
The Estate Market farm shop is a short walk away and is well stocked with essentials, posh ready meals, gifts, clothing and toiletries.
—Jonathan Samuels, theweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Footage from the lobby of the Casa Sur hotel in the posh Palermo neighborhood showed that minutes before Payne's death he was seen unconscious and being carried up to his room by three people.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Posh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/posh. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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