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English to English adjective
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Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial. |  | source: webster1913 noun
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a showy decoration that is basically valueless | | Example: all the tinsel of self-promotion
source: wordnet30
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a thread with glittering metal foil attached | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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impart a cheap brightness to | | Example: his tinseled image of Hollywood
source: wordnet30
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adorn with tinsel | | Example: snow flakes tinseled the trees
source: wordnet30
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interweave with tinsel | | Example: tinseled velvet
source: wordnet30
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To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy. | | source: webster1913
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