Posh

/pɑʃ/ · adjective

Meaning

Associated with the upper classes..

Definitions by Sense

1. Associated with the upper classes.
2. Stylish; elegant; exclusive; luxurious; expensive.
3. (usually offensive, especially in Ireland, Scotland, Northern England) Snobbish, materialistic, prejudiced, under the illusion that one is better than everyone else.
4. An exclamation expressing derision.
5. (countable, UK, slang, obsolete) A halfpenny or other coin of little value.
6. (uncountable, UK, slang, obsolete) Money.
7. (normally in the phrasal verb posh up) To make posh or posher (more posh).
8. (chiefly dialectal) A sudden and heavy fall or gush of rain or water.

Example Sentences

She talks with a posh accent.

In antenatal clinic, an extremely posh patient attends for a routine appointment. All is well with her extremely posh fetus. Her extremely posh eight-year-old asks her a question about the economy (!), and before she answers, she asks her extremely posh five-year-old, ‘Do you know what the economy is, darling?’ ’Yes, Mummy. It’s the part of the plane that’s terrible.’

Near-synonym: plush

After the performance, they went out to a very posh restaurant.

“Miss Shaw’s got a new frock,” said Harriet. ”So she has! How posh of her! […]”

Jan Petter Vala is serving part of a 10-year murder sentence on a posh island in southern Norway.

We have a right posh git moving in next door.

The czar! Posh! I slap my fingers--I snap my fingers at him.

Synonyms for posh

Antonyms for posh

Related Words

Word Forms

• posher
• more posh
• poshest
• most posh
• poshes
• poshing
• poshed

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