posh

[US]/pɒʃ/
[UK]/pɑʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj.elegant
luxurious
fashionable

Example Sentences

a posh Munich hotel.

she had a posh accent.

They live in a posh part of town.

Her posh accent is pure affectation.

from the poshest pot pourri to the humblest dangly doodah.

They poshed themselves up for the party.

She always puts on a posh voice to talk to the vicar.

Now he’s got a posh car, he thinks he’s arrived.

the sealing wax with which she poshed up Muriel's dancing shoes.

I’ve declined the invitation to the Royal Garden Party;I’d just to be a square peg in a round hole among all those posh people.

Real-world Examples

I was at this super posh restaurant.

Source: Learn English through advertisements.

Because I buy posh cucumbers at home.

Source: Gourmet Base

I love the word demonstrative, sounds posh.

Source: Learn grammar with Lucy.

The posh way of serving a baba.

Source: BBC documentary "Mom's Home Cooking"

Do you know the phrase " pish posh" ?

Source: Young Sheldon Season 5

Conservative is the posh English we mentioned earlier.

Source: The Evolution of English Vocabulary

Talk about posh! " I have no idea, dude."

Source: The importance of English names.

You went to the really poshest.

Source: Actor Dialogue (Bilingual Selection)

That posh boy was none, other than Paul McCartney.

Source: Biography of Famous Historical Figures

Posh people have lemon in it. I know! Horrible!

Source: When the Wind Blows Selected

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