'Tinsel' definitions:
Definition of 'tinsel'
(from WordNet)
noun
A showy decoration that is basically valueless; "all the tinsel of self-promotion"
noun
A thread with glittering metal foil attached
verb
Impart a cheap brightness to; "his tinseled image of Hollywood"
verb
Adorn with tinsel; "snow flakes tinseled the trees"
verb
Interweave with tinsel; "tinseled velvet"
Definition of 'Tinsel'
From: GCIDE
- Tinsel \Tin"sel\, n. [F. ['e]tincelle 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. [1913 Webster]
- Who can discern the tinsel from the gold? --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Something shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay than valuable. [1913 Webster]
- O happy peasant! O unhappy bard! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tinsel'
From: GCIDE
- Tinsel \Tin"sel\, a. Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial. "Tinsel trappings." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tinsel'
From: GCIDE
- Tinsel \Tin"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinseledor Tinselled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinseling or Tinselling.] To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy. [1913 Webster]
- She, tinseled o'er in robes of varying hues. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tinsel'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affected,
- apocryphal,
- apparent,
- artificial,
- assumed,
- bastard,
- bead,
- bejewel,
- beribbon,
- bespangle,
- blatant,
- blink,
- blinking,
- bogus,
- bravery,
- brazen,
- brummagem,
- cheat,
- chiffon,
- chintzy,
- clinquant,
- colorable,
- colored,
- coruscate,
- coruscation,
- counterfeit,
- counterfeited,
- diamond,
- distorted,
- dressed up,
- dummy,
- embellished,
- embroidered,
- engrave,
- ersatz,
- factitious,
- fake,
- faked,
- fakement,
- falsified,
- feather,
- feigned,
- festoons,
- fictitious,
- fictive,
- figure,
- filigree,
- finery,
- firefly,
- flag,
- flashy,
- flounce,
- flower,
- folderol,
- foofaraw,
- forgery,
- frame-up,
- fraud,
- frilliness,
- frilling,
- frills,
- frills and furbelows,
- frippery,
- froufrou,
- fuss,
- gaiety,
- garbled,
- garish,
- garland,
- gaudery,
- gem,
- gilded,
- gilding,
- gilt,
- gingerbread,
- glaring,
- glimmer,
- glimmering,
- glisk,
- glisten,
- glister,
- glitter,
- glittering,
- glowworm,
- hoax,
- illegitimate,
- illuminate,
- imitation,
- impostor,
- jewel,
- junk,
- junky,
- loud,
- make-believe,
- man-made,
- meretricious,
- mock,
- ostensible,
- paint,
- paste,
- perverted,
- phony,
- pinchbeck,
- plausible,
- plume,
- pretended,
- pseudo,
- put-on,
- put-up job,
- quasi,
- queer,
- ribbon,
- rip-off,
- scintilla,
- scintillate,
- scintillation,
- seeming,
- self-styled,
- sham,
- shimmer,
- shimmering,
- shoddy,
- simulacrum,
- simulated,
- so-called,
- soi-disant,
- spangle,
- spark,
- sparkle,
- specious,
- spurious,
- stroboscopic light,
- superfluity,
- supposititious,
- swindle,
- synthetic,
- tawdry,
- tin,
- titivated,
- trappings,
- trickery,
- trumpery,
- twinkle,
- twinkling,
- twisted,
- unauthentic,
- ungenuine,
- unnatural,
- unreal,
- warped,
- whited sepulcher,
- wreathe