modish

American  

[moh-dish] / ˈmoʊ dɪʃ /

adjective

1. in the current fashion; stylish.

   Synonyms:

   trendy, fashionable, chic, smart

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modish British  

/ ˈməʊdɪʃ /

adjective

1. in the current fashion or style; contemporary

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Other Word Forms

• modishly adverb
• modishness noun
• unmodish adjective
• unmodishly adverb

Etymology

Origin of modish

First recorded in 1650–60; mode ² + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

The futuristic coat - modish in the 1960s - is also indicative of how the Queen was in sync with the times.

From BBC

Gray surrounded himself with what journalist Jack Anderson called “sharp, but inexperienced, modish, young aides.”

From Salon

Her appointment in San Francisco, under that ensemble’s modish music director, Seiji Ozawa, “projected a forward-looking vision of classical music,” the scholar Grace Wang has written.

From New York Times

“Bills, Bills, Bills” is dizzyingly complex, “Jumpin’, Jumpin’” is futuristically forceful and Beyoncé’s singing at the end of “Bug a Boo” is a soaring interjection of traditional glory into the modish present.

From New York Times

It is still uncertain, though, whether off-the-shelf exoskeletons can be made affordable, comfortable or modish enough for most of us to wish to wear one.

From New York Times