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.
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Brenda Cronin, WSJ, 17 Feb. 2023
Brenda Cronin, WSJ, 17 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tinselly
Adjective
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Instead it’s been turned into a pantomime with outlandishly garish costumes.Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
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Her public identity was forged in the era of velour sweats and garish trucker hats.Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
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They were hidden from Eliza by a palm made gaudy with orchids.Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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The series became famous for being a relic of the eighties thanks to its rock anthems, gaudy clothing and karate falling out of fashion.Caroline Reid, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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This squishy, reusable, doughnut-sized ring made of silicone has a super tacky surface that grabs fur while tumbling around with clothes and pet bedding in your washer and dryer, then releases it into drains and vents.Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
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Refrigerate, uncovered, for up to 12 hours, until the surface of the filet feels dry, not tacky, and has a shiny appearance.The View, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2024
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The book initially caught my attention because of the stark contrast between its strikingly lurid title and its subdued, melancholic cover art.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
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To name just one example: After an opening act filled with lurid cartel violence, Emilia Pérez gives us a comic number about gender-reassignment surgery.Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2024
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In May of that year Musk revealed his Crew Dragon spacecraft to the world with a characteristically showy event at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne.Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 Sep. 2024
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The movie is not visually showy, but that’s part of its appeal.Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Sep. 2024
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Starring a chilly Angelina Jolie as Callas, the film insists on depicting the larger-than-life singer as a sad, hollow woman facing a tawdry death.Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Wolfe’s revival does justice to these contradictions: smart yet tawdry, high yet very low.Jesse Green, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Denzel Washington stars as Macrinus, a meretricious arms dealer who own a stable of gladiators, while Joseph Quinn and Fred Hechinger are brothers and ruling emperors.Zoe Guy, Vulture, 1 July 2024
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But as a character study, with Holocaust themes deepening the stakes of the domestic turmoil, the play holds up extremely well in its critique of a world that has lost its capacity for silence and that is prepared to sacrifice literature for meretricious distraction.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
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The singer-songwriter, and daughter of actor-comedian Rob Schneider, was caught on video from multiple angles performing what fans thought was a tasteless cover.Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 22 Jan. 2024
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Setting aside the general question of how necessary this show is to begin with, nothing here comes across as particularly tasteless.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Tinselly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tinselly. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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