Tinselly vs. Tinsel

Tinsellyadjective

Resembling or adorned with tinsel.

Tinselnoun

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.

Tinsellyadjective

(figurative) Gaudy, superficial; offering attraction without depth.

Tinselnoun

Very thin strips of a glittering, metallic material used as a decoration, and traditionally draped at Christmas time over streamers, paper chains and the branches of Christmas trees.

Tinsellyadjective

Like tinsel; gaudy; showy, but cheap.

Tinselnoun

Anything shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more pretty than valuable.

Tinsellyadverb

In a showy and cheap manner.

Tinseladjective

Glittering, later especially superficially so; gaudy, showy.

Tinsellyadjective

glittering with gold or silver

Tinselverb

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

Tinselverb

To give a false sparkle to (something).

Tinselnoun

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?’;

Tinselnoun

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.’;

Tinseladjective

Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial.

Tinselverb

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

‘She, tinseled o'er in robes of varying hues.’;

Tinselnoun

a showy decoration that is basically valueless;

‘all the tinsel of self-promotion’;

Tinselnoun

a thread with glittering metal foil attached

Tinselverb

impart a cheap brightness to;

‘his tinseled image of Hollywood’;

Tinselverb

adorn with tinsel;

‘snow flakes tinseled the trees’;

Tinselverb

interweave with tinsel;

‘tinseled velvet’;

Tinselnoun

a form of decoration consisting of thin strips of shiny metal foil attached to a long piece of thread

‘a room bedecked with tinsel and fairy lights’;

Tinselnoun

showy or superficial attractiveness or glamour

‘his taste for the tinsel of the art world’;

Tinsel

Tinsel is a type of decorative material that mimics the effect of ice, consisting of thin strips of sparkling material attached to a thread. When in long narrow strips not attached to thread, it is called , and emulates icicles.

‘lametta’;