tinselled
Draped with sparkle
Tinselled describes something decorated with tinsel or having tinsel-like qualities—glittery, showy, cheaply glamorous.
A tinselled Christmas tree sparkles with metallic strands.
Figuratively, tinselled suggests superficial glitter masking something hollow: the tinselled world of Hollywood, tinselled promises.
Also spelled tinseled in American English.
Vulgar or slightly sticky
- kitschTasteless, garish art
- flashyShowy, often tastelessly so
- garishTastelessly showy
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
showy · glitzy · cheap · overwrought · overdone · brash · loud · vulgar
For beauty, not function
- embellishedDecorated or exaggerated
- adornedMade ornamental
- garnishedDecorated for presentation
- bedeckedAdorned with decorations
festooned · gilded · bejeweled · filigreed · elaborate · intricate · trimmed · wrapped
Winter nativity celebration
- holidayDay of rest
- carolsFestive religious songs
- hollySpiny-leaved winter shrub
- treeWoody perennial plant
Santa · presents · stockings · ornaments · garland · wreath · baubles · fairy lights
Gleaming with wavering light
- sparklingEmitting small bright flashes
- twinklingRapid, intermittent shining
- glitteringShining with small flashes
- glisteningReflecting light softly
scintillating · iridescent · dazzling · glinting · flickering · lustrous · shiny · glossy
tacky
Vulgar or slightly sticky
ostentatious · showy · glitzy · cheap · overwrought · overdone · brash · loud · vulgar · flamboyant
ornamental
For beauty, not function
- embellishedDecorated or exaggerated
- adornedMade ornamental
- garnishedDecorated for presentation
bedecked · festooned · gilded · bejeweled · filigreed · elaborate · intricate · trimmed · wrapped · draped
Christmas
Winter nativity celebration
tree · Santa · presents · stockings · ornaments · garland · wreath · baubles · fairy lights · decorations
shimmering
Gleaming with wavering light
- sparklingEmitting small bright flashes
- twinklingRapid, intermittent shining
- glitteringShining with small flashes
glistening · scintillating · iridescent · dazzling · glinting · flickering · lustrous · shiny · glossy · reflective
tinselledunderstated
Deliberately minimized in expression
unadorned · undecorated · plain · bare · unembellished
tinselledgenuine
Truly what it claims
authentic · substantial · real · solid · unpretentious