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
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Sure, part two of Emily in Paris season four dropped in September, but Collins broke away from her character’s delightfully garish aesthetic—which is mostly delightful in limited, 10-episode doses—well before that press tour, starting with her dramatic chop in June.Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2024
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Despite their somewhat garish appearance, the hotels’ design reflects their function.Oscar Holland, CNN, 21 Nov. 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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In Luca Guadagnino’s incredibly insightful adaptation, Daniel Craig plays Bill Lee, the pseudonym Burroughs used to spare his wealthy family from the indignity of being related to the author of a lurid paperback called Junkie (1953).Damon Wise, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
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Davis does not exactly celebrate the gospel according to Noyes, who sounds like the kind of cult leader about whom Netflix would today make a lurid series.Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
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Luckily, the showy bracts can hold their colors for months.Janet B. Carson, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2024
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For starters, the director suggested that Abrams get rid of the showy flash-forward scene that the script originally started with, begrudgingly written by Abrams upon the insistence of some who tried to convince him that the kick-off needed a catchy hook.Tomris Laffly, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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The defense unsuccessfully pushed for a mistrial over the tawdry details prosecutors elicited from Daniels.San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2024
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Maybe from the very beginning, the game was too cutthroat, too tawdry, too violent.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 Aug. 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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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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Who is Tony Hinchcliffe? Hinchcliffe, raised in Youngstown, Ohio, is a stand-up comedian who specializes in the roast style, in which comedians take the podium to needle a celebrity victim with personal and often tasteless jokes.Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Tinselly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tinselly. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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