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Adjective: tinseled  tin-suld
Usage: US (elsewhere: tinselled)
  1. Glittering with gold or silver
    - clinquant, tinselly, tinselled
Verb: tinsel (tinselled,tinselling, or [US] tinseled,tinseling)  tin-sul
  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"

See also: adorned, decorated

Type of: add, adorn, beautify, bestow, bring, contribute, decorate, embellish, grace, impart, interweave, lend, ornament, weave

Encyclopedia: Tinsel

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