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1. (n.) tinsel
a thin sheet, strip, or thread of glittering metal, paper, or plastic, used to produce a sparkling effect.
2. tinsel
a metallic yarn for weaving brocade or lamé.
3. tinsel
showy pretense.
4. (adj.) tinsel
consisting of tinsel.
5. tinsel
gaudy; tawdry.
6. (v.t.) tinsel
to adorn with tinsel.
7. tinsel
to adorn with anything glittering.
8. tinsel
to make showy or gaudy.
Etymology: (1495–1505; by aphesis < MF estincelle a spark, flash < VL *stincilla, metathetic var. of L scintilla spark; orig. used attributively in phrases tinsel satin, tinsel cloth)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) tinsel
a showy decoration that is basically valueless
"all the tinsel of self-promotion"
2. (verb) tinsel
a thread with glittering metal foil attached
3. (verb) tinsel
impart a cheap brightness to
"his tinseled image of Hollywood"
4. (verb) tinsel
adorn with tinsel
"snow flakes tinseled the trees"
5. (verb) tinsel
interweave with tinsel
"tinseled velvet"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Tinsel
showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial
2. (noun) Tinsel
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
3. (noun) Tinsel
something shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay than valuable
4. (verb) Tinsel
to adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy
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Sense: a sparkling, glittering substance used for decoration
The Christmas tree was decorated with tinsel.
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 Afrikaans: klatergoud |
 Arabic: شَرائِط لامِعَه للزينَه |
 Bulgarian: сърма |
 Brazilian: ouropel |
 Czech: cetka, pozlátko, lameta |
 German: das Lametta |
 Danish: flitterstads |
 Greek: ασημένια βροχή (για χριστ |
 Spanish: oropel |
 Estonian: kassikuld, kard |
 Farsi: پولک |
 Finnish: hopealangat |
 French: clinquant |
 Hebrew: חוֵּטי כֶּסֶף נוֹצֵץ |
 Hindi: पन्नी |
 Croatian: šljokice, telej |
 Hungarian: lametta (karácsonyfára); |
 Indonesian: kertas perak |
 Icelandic: glys, glingur |
 Italian: lamé, laminato |
 Japanese: 光る飾り |
 Korean: 반짝거리는 금속조각 |
 Lithuanian: blizgučiai |
 Latvian: vizulis; spīgulis |
 Malay: jurai |
 Dutch: kerstboomversiersel |
 Norwegian: glitter |
 Polish: lameta |
 Persian: پولک |
 Pashto: يو ډول ټوكر ( لكه بنارسۍ |
 Portuguese: ouropel |
 Romanian: beteală |
 Russian: мишура |
 Slovak: pozlátko, lameta |
 Slovenian: zlati laski |
 Serbian: ukrasni papir |
 Swedish: glitter |
 Thai: สิ่งประดับแวววาว |
 Turkish: gelin teli |
 Taiwanese: 閃亮華麗的飾物 |
 Ukrainian: блискітки; мішура; дощик |
 Urdu: جھلمل پني |
 Vietnamese: kim tuyến |
 Chinese: 闪光发亮的金属饰物 |
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