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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
affected, apocryphal, apparent, artificial, assumed, bastard, bead, bejewel, beribbon, bespangle, blatant, blink, blinking, bogus, bravery, brazen, brummagem, cheat, chiffon, chintzy, clinquant, colorable, colored, coruscate, coruscation, counterfeit, counterfeited, diamond, distorted, dressed up, dummy, embellished, embroidered, engrave, ersatz, factitious, fake, faked, fakement, falsified, feather, feigned, festoons, fictitious, fictive, figure, filigree, finery, firefly, flag, flashy, flounce, flower, folderol, foofaraw, forgery, frame-up, fraud, frilliness, frilling, frills, frills and furbelows, frippery, froufrou, fuss, gaiety, garbled, garish, garland, gaudery, gem, gilded, gilding, gilt, gingerbread, glaring, glimmer, glimmering, glisk, glisten, glister, glitter, glittering, glowworm, hoax, illegitimate, illuminate, imitation, impostor, jewel, junk, junky, loud, make-believe, man-made, meretricious, mock, ostensible, paint, paste, perverted, phony, pinchbeck, plausible, plume, pretended, pseudo, put-on, put-up job, quasi, queer, ribbon, rip-off, scintilla, scintillate, scintillation, seeming, self-styled, sham, shimmer, shimmering, shoddy, simulacrum, simulated, so-called, soi-disant, spangle, spark, sparkle, specious, spurious, stroboscopic light, superfluity, supposititious, swindle, synthetic, tawdry, tin, titivated, trappings, trickery, trumpery, twinkle, twinkling, twisted, unauthentic, ungenuine, unnatural, unreal, warped, whited sepulcher, wreathe
Dictionary Results for tinsel:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
tinsel
    n 1: a showy decoration that is basically valueless; "all the
         tinsel of self-promotion"
    2: a thread with glittering metal foil attached
    v 1: impart a cheap brightness to; "his tinseled image of
         Hollywood"
    2: adorn with tinsel; "snow flakes tinseled the trees"
    3: interweave with tinsel; "tinseled velvet"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tinsel \Tin"sel\, n. [F. ['e]tincelle a spark, OF. estincelle,
   L. scintilla. Cf. Scintillate, Stencil.]
   1. 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.
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            Who can discern the tinsel from the gold? --Dryden.
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   2. Something shining and gaudy; something superficially
      shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay
      than valuable.
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            O happy peasant! O unhappy bard!
            His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward. --Cowper.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tinsel \Tin"sel\, a.
   Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial. "Tinsel
   trappings." --Milton.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tinsel \Tin"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinseledor Tinselled;
   p. pr. & vb. n. Tinseling or Tinselling.]
   To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy
   ornaments; to make gaudy.
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         She, tinseled o'er in robes of varying hues. --Pope.
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