tinsel+trappings

  • 1Trappings — Trap pings, n. pl. [From {Trap} to dress with ornaments.] 1. That which serves to trap or adorn; ornaments; dress; superficial decorations. [1913 Webster] Trappings of life, for ornament, not use. Dryden. [1913 Webster] These but the trappings… …

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  • 2Tinsel — Tin sel, a. Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial. Tinsel trappings. Milton. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3tinsel — 1. noun /ˈtɪn.səl/ a) 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 …

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  • 4tinsel — Synonyms and related words: affected, apocryphal, apparent, artificial, assumed, bastard, bead, bejewel, beribbon, bespangle, blatant, blink, blinking, bogus, bravery, brazen, brummagem, cheat, chiffon, chintzy, clinquant, colorable, colored,… …

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  • 5trappings — Synonyms and related words: accessories, accouterments, adornments, appanages, apparatus, appendages, appointments, appurtenances, back band, backstrap, bearing rein, bellyband, belongings, bit, blinders, blinds, bravery, breeching, bridle,… …

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  • 6quaint — 1. adjective /kweɪnt/ a) Strange or odd; unusual. But you, my Lord, were glad to be imployd, / To shew how queint an Orator you are. b) Pleasingly unusual; especially, having old fashioned charm …

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  • 7bravery — Synonyms and related words: Dutch courage, Sunday best, boldness, braveness, chiffon, chivalrousness, chivalry, clinquant, conspicuous gallantry, courage, courageousness, daring, determination, doughtiness, fearlessness, festoons, finery,… …

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  • 8finery — Synonyms and related words: Sunday best, apparel, bravery, chiffon, clinquant, clothes, decorations, fancy dress, festoons, folderol, foofaraw, frill, frilliness, frilling, frills, frills and furbelows, frippery, froufrou, full dress, fuss,… …

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  • 9frill — Synonyms and related words: addition, adornment, amenity, beading, beauties, bedizenment, binding, bonus, bordering, bordure, bravery, chiffon, clinquant, colors, colors of rhetoric, crease, creasing, crimp, crisp, decoration, dog ear, double,… …

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  • 10froufrou — Synonyms and related words: bravery, chiffon, clinquant, festoons, finery, folderol, foofaraw, frilliness, frilling, frills, frills and furbelows, frippery, fuss, gaiety, gaudery, gilding, gilt, gingerbread, paste, pinchbeck, rustle, rustling,… …

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