Synonyms:
tinsel
Meaning: a thread with glittering metal foil attached
Synonyms:
tinsel
Meaning: a showy decoration that is basically valueless; "all the tinsel of self-promotion"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
tinsel
Meaning: interweave with tinsel; "tinseled velvet"
Synonyms:
tinsel
Meaning: adorn with tinsel; "snow flakes tinseled the trees"
Synonyms:
tinsel
Meaning: impart a cheap brightness to; "his tinseled image of Hollywood"
Usage examples
She caught glimpses of glitter and tinsel, wheels and fragments of unidentifiable toys.
Their festal attire bore the marks of a once careless luxury, but now shabbiness tried to hide itself under the bravery of tinsel, where once had been pure gold.
Next moment it was perched again on the chair-back--and all round the theatre, where it had passed, little sparks shone like tinsel seeds, then little smoke wreaths curled up like growing plants--little flames opened like flower-buds.