Dictionary Entry
tinsel
tinsel is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
Something shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay than valuable.
- 3adjective
Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial.
- 4transitive verb
To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy.
- 5noun
a thread with glittering metal foil attached
- 6noun
a showy decoration that is basically valueless
"all the tinsel of self-promotion"
- 7verb
interweave with tinsel
"tinseled velvet"
- 8verb
adorn with tinsel
"snow flakes tinseled the trees"
- 9verb
impart a cheap brightness to
"his tinseled image of Hollywood"
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