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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Those range from Beaux-Arts buildings in the heart of Paris to a two-story unit that’s home to a Bulgari store in London’s posh Mayfair district.
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Gerald Posner, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Weaving reprises her role as Grace, who in the original film found herself being hunted by her new in-laws at her family’s posh estate.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2025
By the end of the season, both Sophie and viewers learn how Sophie’s mom died, but viewers hear different reasons from the Huntleys for why she was killed and Sophie was kept away from this posh family.
—Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
His house was a stone’s throw from a very busy main artery that connected downtown Cincinnati to the posh neighborhood of Hyde Park.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2025
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Gerald Posner, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Weaving reprises her role as Grace, who in the original film found herself being hunted by her new in-laws at her family’s posh estate.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2025
By the end of the season, both Sophie and viewers learn how Sophie’s mom died, but viewers hear different reasons from the Huntleys for why she was killed and Sophie was kept away from this posh family.
—Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
His house was a stone’s throw from a very busy main artery that connected downtown Cincinnati to the posh neighborhood of Hyde Park.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 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 2 May. 2025.
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