Tinsel

['tɪns(ə)l] or ['tɪnsl]

Definition

(noun.) a thread with glittering metal foil attached.

(noun.) a showy decoration that is basically valueless; 'all the tinsel of self-promotion'.

(verb.) interweave with tinsel; 'tinseled velvet'.

(verb.) adorn with tinsel; 'snow flakes tinseled the trees'.

(verb.) impart a cheap brightness to; 'his tinseled image of Hollywood'.

Typed by Lena--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin metal overlaid with a thin coating of gold or silver, brass foil, or the like.

(n.) Something shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay than valuable.

(a.) Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial.

(v. t.) To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Frippery, finery, gewgaw, worthless ornament.

a. Showy, glittering, gaudy, superficial, worthless.

Typist: Mag

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Tawdriness, spangle, frippery, glitter

ANT:Costliness, richness, chasteness, gorgeousness, sumptuousness, magnificence,splendor

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Definition

n. something sparkling or shining: glittering metallic sheets as of burnished brass copper or tin almost as thin as foil and used in discs patches strips or threads for giving clothing &c. a striking appearance: anything showy but of little value: anything having a false lustre.—adj. like tinsel: gaudy: superficial.—v.t. to adorn with or as with tinsel: to make glittering or gaudy:—pr.p. tin′selling: pa.t. and pa.p. tin′selled.—adj. Tin′selly like tinsel gaudy showy.—n. Tin′selry glittering and tawdry material.

Edited by Ivan