Thesaurus results for TINSEL

tinsel

noun

ˈtin(t)-səl

as in glitter

something attractive but lacking in substance a book that examines popular fame and finds it to be very disposable tinsel

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Recent Examples of tinsel During the Catholic holiday of Palm Sunday, hundreds of pajareros from across the country flock to Mexico City and decorate 10-foot-tall stacks of cages, adorning them with bright flowers, tinsel and images of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico’s patron saint. —

ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026 Plichta’s boutique also offered for sale sparkly green and gold freckles or hair tinsel. —

Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026 Usually this practice demands restraint, even if the urge is to scatter tinsel over every line. —

Jasna Hodžić, Big Think, 10 Mar. 2026 For three years now, the farm has served their Nigerian Pygmy goats donated Christmas trees; free of ornaments, tinsel, and any other side dish, of course. —

Noel Brennan, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tinsel

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Noun

Actor Sam Reid is laced into a pair of skintight black pants, his shoulder-length blond hair braided into Britney-style pigtails and his face and torso covered in iridescent glitter.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 June 2026
Hugely important use of body glitter going on at the Silver Slipper.

— Emma Specter, Vogue, 1 June 2026