Synonyms
Examples of voguish in a Sentence
that boutique always has the most voguish shoes
an art critic with an unfortunate penchant for throwing around a lot of voguish words
Recent Examples on the Web
This cohort, which included figures such as Robert Longo, Sherrie Levine, Richard Prince, and Cindy Sherman, was besotted with voguish postmodern theory and cheeky acts of appropriation.
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Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2021
The ever-voguish Bruin scored his 39th, 40th and 41st goals of the season, setting a career high and powering the Bruins to a 4-1 win over their old rivals.
—Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Feb. 2020
On October 1st, more than a hundred thousand performers and soldiers mustered downtown, forming waves of color that stretched from voguish skyscrapers in the east to the squat pavilions of the Forbidden City.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020
Visitors could have their cranial measurements taken on the spot, in keeping with the voguish interest in phrenology.
—Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 14 Aug. 2019
The vacant seats in the big stadiums makes for brutal (warning: voguish word alert) optics.
—Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 9 June 2019
Courtesy of DJ Olivia Dope, ’90s rap, ’80s pop, and today’s hits pounded with the same voguish intensity as on the runway mere hours before.
—Ian Malone, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2019
In a curious conflation of luxury and authenticity typical of today’s voguish aesthetic, guests sip Old-Fashioneds at a poolside bar made from a shipping container while watching working shipping containers get unloaded across the water.
—David Amsden, Smithsonian, 31 July 2017
In a curious conflation of luxury and authenticity typical of today’s voguish aesthetic, guests sip Old-Fashioneds at a poolside bar made from a shipping container while watching working shipping containers get unloaded across the water.
—David Amsden, Smithsonian, 31 July 2017
Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2021
The ever-voguish Bruin scored his 39th, 40th and 41st goals of the season, setting a career high and powering the Bruins to a 4-1 win over their old rivals.
—Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Feb. 2020
On October 1st, more than a hundred thousand performers and soldiers mustered downtown, forming waves of color that stretched from voguish skyscrapers in the east to the squat pavilions of the Forbidden City.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020
Visitors could have their cranial measurements taken on the spot, in keeping with the voguish interest in phrenology.
—Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 14 Aug. 2019
The vacant seats in the big stadiums makes for brutal (warning: voguish word alert) optics.
—Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 9 June 2019
Courtesy of DJ Olivia Dope, ’90s rap, ’80s pop, and today’s hits pounded with the same voguish intensity as on the runway mere hours before.
—Ian Malone, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2019
In a curious conflation of luxury and authenticity typical of today’s voguish aesthetic, guests sip Old-Fashioneds at a poolside bar made from a shipping container while watching working shipping containers get unloaded across the water.
—David Amsden, Smithsonian, 31 July 2017
In a curious conflation of luxury and authenticity typical of today’s voguish aesthetic, guests sip Old-Fashioneds at a poolside bar made from a shipping container while watching working shipping containers get unloaded across the water.
—David Amsden, Smithsonian, 31 July 2017
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Word History
First Known Use
1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Dictionary Entries Near voguish
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“Voguish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voguish. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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