Definition of tony

tony

adjective

• upscale, elegant, luxurious.

  She lives in a tony apartment off of Ellington Street.

  • See more words with the same meaning: expensive, fancy, high quality.

  Last edited on Feb 16 2016. Submitted by J.L.S.Gligoric on Oct 07 2005.

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Other terms relating to 'expensive, fancy, high quality':
high-tone	Definitions include: refined; classy.
fancy-pants	Definitions include: upscale.
bourgee	Definitions include: "bourgeois".
five-dollar word	Definitions include: a fancy word.
lush	Definitions include: a person who drinks frequently.
flash	Definitions include: meaning fancy, stunning or anything that looks extraordinarily good.
dolled up	Definitions include: fancily dressed.
ritzy	Definitions include: fancy.
spendy	Definitions include: expensive.
bling bling	Definitions include: any expensive, flashy, or shiny jewelry, usually gold or silver, esp. bracelets, chains, earrings.
shmancy	Definitions include: fancy.
mint	Definitions include: attractive, usually applying to a male.
high budget	Definitions include: of extreme high quality, expensive to a point that it becomes unattainable.
steep	Definitions include: expensive.
fancy schmancy	Definitions include: overly fancy.
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trustafarian	Definitions include: kids with dreadlocks, hippie buses, and large trust funds that enable them to follow bands around the county.
village	Definitions include: to leave a place in disgust, usually as a result of finding it boring.
one fry short of a Happy Meal	Definitions include: crazy.
eat (one's) b*tch flakes	Definitions include: To be in an extremely bad mood.
Swiss	Definitions include: neutral.
mountie	Definitions include: Short for Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
mother f*cking	Definitions include: See motherfucking.
Unobtainium	Definitions include: any impossible or nearly-impossible to obtain thing.
shiznip	Definitions include: variant of "shiznit" which is a variant of "shit".
drudge	Definitions include: info, scoup, taken from the Internet Site, Drudge Report.

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