posh — ozdic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

central, expensive, near, patient, private

VERB + POSH

bit, house, like, lives, see, talks, wearing, went

POSH + NOUN

apartment, downtown, eight-year-old, fetus, he's, neighborhood, restaurant, school

PREP.

in, with

ADV.

extremely, extremely, quite

Definitions

adj

1

Associated with the upper classes.

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.’

2

Stylish; elegant; exclusive; luxurious; expensive.

Near-synonym: plush

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

3

Snobbish, materialistic, prejudiced, under the illusion that one is better than everyone else.

We have a right posh git moving in next door.

intj

1

An exclamation expressing derision.

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

noun

1

A halfpenny or other coin of little value.

2

Money.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — elegant and fashionable

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

She talks with a posh accent.

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02

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 (!)

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03

Near-synonym: plush

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04

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

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05

Did yer see what a posh the water came down the bruck ater the thaw, and no wonder the snow was a fut deep.

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06

There has been quite a posh of rain.

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Usage Notes

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