Tinsel

[tin·sel]

A thread with glittering metal foil attached

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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.

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"

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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.

Tinsel

Tin"sel , n. [F. '82tincelle a spark, OF. estincelle, L. scintilla. Cf. Scintillate, Stencil.] 1. 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.
Who can discern the tinsel from the gold?
2. Something shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay than valuable.
O happy peasant! O unhappy bard! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward.

Tinsel

Tin"sel, a. Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial. "Tinsel trappings." Milton.

Tinsel

Tin"sel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinseled or Tinselled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinseling or Tinselling.] To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy.
She, tinseled o'er in robes of varying hues.

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.

Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial.

To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy.

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Women hate everything which strips off the tinsel of sentiment, and they are right, or it would rob them of their weapons.

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