Tinsel /(?)/

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.

   Who can discern the tinsel from the gold?

2. Something shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay than valuable.

   O happy peasant! O unhappy bard! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward.

1. Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial.

imp. & p. p. Tinseled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinseling

1. To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy.

   She, tinseled o'er in robes of varying hues.