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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Leyla’s was a Frenchman, an art collector twice her age, who picked her up in one of Moscow’s posh night clubs and began to educate her intensively.
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Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
George’s wife is Jane, posh teenage daughter is Judy, and little son Elroy.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
In addition to 15 guestrooms, the four-story building also houses a posh co-working space, multiple restaurants, and a karaoke den.
—Sara Liss, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
The angel is played by a child who is physically the very definition of angelic (plus her British accent is way posh), and yet toward the end of the scene the child is revealed to be anything but.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
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Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
George’s wife is Jane, posh teenage daughter is Judy, and little son Elroy.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
In addition to 15 guestrooms, the four-story building also houses a posh co-working space, multiple restaurants, and a karaoke den.
—Sara Liss, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
The angel is played by a child who is physically the very definition of angelic (plus her British accent is way posh), and yet toward the end of the scene the child is revealed to be anything but.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 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 22 Oct. 2025.
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