The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TINSEL which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Sun in 2002.
Showy pretense crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TINSEL | 100 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Showy pretense
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- tinsel
- facade
- meretricious
- theatrical
- trumpery
- bravado
- gilded
- pageant
- specious
- stagy
- brummagem
- charlatan
Crossword Answer definitions
TINSEL noun- 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.
- Very thin strips of a glittering, metallic material used as a decoration, and traditionally draped at Christmas time over streamers, paper chains and the branches of Christmas trees.
- Anything shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more pretty than valuable.
- To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy.
- To give a false sparkle to (something).
- Glittering, later especially superficially so; gaudy, showy.
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