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- DictionaryPosh/päSH/
adjective
- 1. elegant or stylishly luxurious: "a posh hotel"
adverb
- 1. in a refined or upper-class way: informal British "he may talk posh, but there is nothing fancy about Basil"
noun
- 1. the quality of being elegant, stylish, or upper class: informal British "we finally bought a color TV, which seemed the height of posh"
verb
- 1. smarten someone or something up: informal British "we will be getting all poshed up for the company summer ball"
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.
POSH definition: 1. (of places and things) expensive and of high quality: 2. (of people and their voices) from a…. Learn more.
Posh definition: sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious. See examples of POSH used in a sentence.
1. [ posh ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. adjective. sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious: a posh apartment. posh. 2. [ posh ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. interjection. (used as an exclamation of contempt or disgust.) posh. / pɒʃ / adjective. smart, elegant, or fashionable; exclusive. posh clothes. upper-class or genteel. adverb.
Things that are posh are swanky, fancy, and high-class. Posh things usually cost a lot of money, too. If something is dirty, cheap, and shoddy, it will never be accused of being posh. Posh things are elegant and expensive. A posh apartment is gorgeous and classy.
1. Fashionable or luxurious: a posh hotel. 2. Typical of the upper class, especially in the United Kingdom: a posh upbringing. 3. Affectedly imitating characteristics of the upper class; pretentious: a posh accent.
If you describe something as posh, you mean that it is smart, fashionable, and expensive.
Definition of posh adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
POSH definition: 1. expensive and used or owned by rich people: 2. from a high social class: . Learn more.
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word posh. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in British English.
