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Tinseled

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.

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

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tinseled

alt. (en-past of: tinsel) vb. (en-past of: tinsel)

WordNet
tinseled

adj. glittering with gold or silver [syn: clinquant, tinselly]

Usage examples of "tinseled".

Miss Wisteria's royal headgear caught fire in this brief tinseled burst, the glass jewels glittering roselike in the pink lights of the ferris-wheel, and Joel, left below, could see her white winglike hands alight on Idabel's hair, flutter away, squeeze the dark as if eating its very substance.

It is a place of dreams, not only the tinseled ones, but also the darker sort such as tormented and terrified my friend at the end.

I thought one of them had begun to spin off course, tinseled out, when they blew.