tinsel

Noun

• a thread with glittering metal foil attached

• a showy decoration that is basically valueless
  • all the tinsel of self-promotion
    

Verb

• interweave with tinsel
  • tinseled velvet
    

• adorn with tinsel
  • snow flakes tinseled the trees
    

• impart a cheap brightness to
  • his tinseled image of Hollywood