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tinsel

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noun

tin·​sel ˈtin(t)-səl How to pronounce tinsel (audio)
 also  ˈtin-zəl
1
: threads, strips, or sheets of metal, paper, or plastic used to produce a glittering and sparkling appearance in fabrics, yarns, or decorations
2
: something superficially attractive or glamorous but of little real worth
disfigured by no gaudy tinsel of rhetoric or declamation Thomas Jefferson

tinsel

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adjective

1
: made of or covered with tinsel
2
a
: cheaply gaudy : tawdry
b
: specious, superficial
tinsel promises

tinsel

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verb

tinseled or tinselled; tinseling or tinselling ˈtin(t)-s(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce tinsel (audio)
 also  ˈtin-zə-liŋ

transitive verb

1
: to interweave, overlay, or adorn with or as if with tinsel
2
: to impart a specious brightness to

Example Sentences

Noun I like to decorate the Christmas tree with tinsel. He's not attracted to the tinsel and glitter of Hollywood.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Jennifer Lawrence’s tinsel-effect Dior maternity red-carpet wear? Alice Newbold, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2022 Below the gems placed on her ears came holographic rainbow tinsel that flowed into her loose lower sections. Chelsea Avila, Allure, 24 Aug. 2022 Will tinsel and a mirror ball be part of the experience? Joy Ashford, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2022 It was made of yellow satin, metallic thread embroidery, midnight blue velvet, yellow tulle with applied tinsel, and glass pearls. Emily Burack, Town & Country, 2 May 2022 Kristen McMenamy's duet of braids was elevated by her length, side-part, and silvered shade, a cool complement to Megan Thee Stallion's brush verdant (and tinsel-strewn) half-up hair. Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2022 Ella Emhoff admired the tinsel knitting on her dress. Steff Yotka, Vogue, 5 May 2022 In February alone, the rapper was spied rocking hair tinsel on three separate occasions. Gabi Thorne, Allure, 7 Mar. 2022 Mendes's golden tinsel dress, and her glowy makeup look, is meant to channel how the Electric Light dress was lit. Emily Burack, Town & Country, 2 May 2022
Verb
Connor’s new prints, on the other hand, made by the industrial dye-sublimation process on aluminum, are but tinseled imitations of her own extraordinary originals. Charles Desmarais, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2018 And while my beard has tinseled, the intervening years haven’t exactly been kind to Rome either. Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 1 June 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English tyneseyle cloth interwoven with metallic thread, probably from Anglo-French tencelé, past participle of tenceler, estenceler to sparkle — more at stencil

First Known Use

Noun

1538, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

1575, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of tinsel was in 1538

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