- tinsel⇄adj. of or like tinsel; showy but not worth much.
- tinsel⇄adj. tinsellike.
- tinsel⇄noun 1. glittering copper, brass, or some other metal, in thin sheets, strips, or threads. Tinsel is used to trim Christmas trees.
2. (Figurative.) anything showy but having little value.
Ex. That poverty of ideas which had been hitherto con - tinsel⇄tinsel, noun, adjective, verb, (Especially British)-selled,-sellingor (especially U.S.)-seled,-selling.
- tinsel⇄v.t. 1. to trim with tinsel.
2. (Figurative.) to make showy or gaudy; cover the defects with or as if with tinsel.