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tinselly

adjective

Definition of tinselly

as in garish

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Recent Examples of tinselly The precocious designer became a supernova thanks to continuous toil in a tinselly milieu that prizes leisure and luxury. — Brenda Cronin, WSJ, 17 Feb. 2023

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Adjective

The result, beyond being a lie, is often cheap, garish, and conspicuous.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 23 Sep. 2026
Other architectural highlights of SLO included a walkthrough of the garish and ornate Madonna Inn, a Disneyland-esque hotel and restaurant.

— David G. Allan, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of garish

Adjective

Each followed the social media account of a 35-year-old former Dartmouth College running back with a degree in economics and a gaudy ring on his finger.

— Mike Sando, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
When receiver Cooper Barkate accompanied quarterback Darian Mensah from Duke to UM last winter, there was never any expectation that Barkate would match his gaudy statistics from a year ago.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of gaudy

Adjective

But the stage that Springer cultivated was a gleeful one, a tacky spectacle of shock and depravity, an ungodly home for the freaks who knew just what to do when the lights came on.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
South Africa also included two specialist spinner Bjorn Fortuin and Keshav Maharaj with the tacky wicket expected to suit slow bowlers later in the game.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of tacky

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Nine years ago, the British director Richard Jones brought a production of Eugene O’Neill’s lurid, wild 1922 play The Hairy Ape to the Park Avenue Armory.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Showalter, who has undergone a surprising career shift from alt comedian to journeyman director of women’s pictures, clearly wants to try his hand at a lurid erotic thriller.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of lurid

Adjective

Zhang Yimou gave a surprise update on his long-gestating film adaptation of Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem on Tuesday at the Busan International Film Festival’s glitzy opening ceremony.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
The glitzy panel gave way to thin brown leather straps that wrapped around Lyonne’s calves and feet, secured in place with coordinating gold buckles.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of glitzy

Adjective

What started as a kitschy vessel for zhuzhing up morning matchas and sleepytime mocktails has expanded into the (albeit photogenic) demon of drinkware.

— Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
The bedside phone, resembling a hotel bible, straddled the line between kitschy and cute, and local treats in the room like port wine was a nice touch.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of kitschy

Adjective

While the punk rock scene that spawned them was about overthrowing the bloated rock royalty of the ‘60s and mid-‘70s, punk was still showy and flamboyant; Joy Division were nothing of the sort.

— Jem Aswad, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
Although garden mums are considered hardy to Zone 5, breeders have developed fall mums with big mounds of showy flowers that may not be as cold-hardy as in the past.

— Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2026

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