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Showing words for TINSEL using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Tinsel

elints, enlist, inlets, listen, silent, slinte, tinsel

5 Letter Words for Tinsel

elint, elsin, enlit, entsi, inlet, inset, intel, islet, istle, lenis, lenti, liens, liest, lines, lints, lites, neist, nelis, senit, senti, sient, silen, slent, sline, slite, snite, steil, stein, stile, stine, teils, tiens, tiles, tines, tsine

4 Letter Words for Tinsel

elts, inst, intl, isle, isnt, itel, leis, lens, lent, lest, lets, lien, lies, line, lins, lint, list, lite, lits, nest, neti, nets, nies, nile, nils, nist, nits, seil, seit, selt, sent, sien, sile, silt, sine, site, slit, snit, sten, stie, teil, teli, tels, tens, tien, ties, tile, tils, tine, tins

3 Letter Words for Tinsel

eli, els, elt, enl, ens, est, ile, ins, int, ise, isl, isn, ist, its, lei, les, let, lie, lin, lis, lit, lst, nei, net, nie, nil, nis, nit, sei, sel, sen, set, sie, sil, sin, sit, sle, slt, tel, ten, tes, tie, til, tin, tis, tln, tsi

Definitions for Tinsel

[1] a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
[2] a metallic yarn, usually wrapped around a core yarn of silk, rayon, or cotton, for weaving brocade or lamé.
[3] anything showy or attractive with little or no real worth; showy pretense: The actress was tired of the fantasy and tinsel of her life.
[4] Obsolete . a fabric, formerly in use, of silk or wool interwoven with threads of gold, silver, or, later, copper.
[5] consisting of or containing tinsel.
[6] showy; gaudy; tawdry.
[7] to adorn with tinsel.
[8] to adorn with anything glittering.
[9] to make showy or gaudy.
[10] a decoration consisting of a piece of string with thin strips of metal foil attached along its length
[11] a yarn or fabric interwoven with strands of glittering thread
[12] anything cheap, showy, and gaudy
[13] to decorate with or as if with tinsel snow tinsels the trees
[14] to give a gaudy appearance to
[15] made of or decorated with tinsel
[16] showily but cheaply attractive; gaudy

Words related to Tinsel

gaudy, swank, splashy, flamboyant, extravagant, classy, garish, jaunty, conspicuous, glittery, ostentatious, ornate, pretentious, sensational, tacky, sleazy, vulgar, golden, painted, sparkling

Words nearby Tinsel

tinnient, tinning, tinnitus, tinny, tinpot, tinsel, tinselly, tinselry, tinseltown, tinsmith, tinstone

Origin of Tinsel

1495–1505; by aphesis < Middle French estincelle (Old French estincele ) a spark, flash < Vulgar Latin *stincilla, metathetic variant of Latin scintilla scintilla; first used attributively in phrases tinsel satin, tinsel cloth

Other words from Tinsel

tin·sel·like , adjective
o·ver·tin·sel , verb (used with object), o·ver·tin·seled, o·ver·tin·sel·ing or (especially British ) o·ver·tin·selled, o·ver·tin·sel·ling.
un·tin·seled , adjective
un·tin·selled , adjective

Word origin for Tinsel

C16: from Old French estincele a spark, from Latin scintilla; compare stencil

Synonyms for Tinsel

blatant, bogus, brazen, chintzy, counterfeit, garish, glaring, insincere, loud, misleading, ornate, phony, plastic, put-on, sham, showy, spurious, superficial, tawdry, trashy