English dictionary
gilded
adjectivePronunciation
ˈɡɪldɪd
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
adjective
- made from or covered with gold
adjective
- ostentatiously rich and superior in quality
adjective
- based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
Example sentences
long aureate (or golden) hair
a gold carpet
gold coins
the gold dome of the Capitol
the golden calf
gilded icons
a princely sum
gilded dining rooms
these architecture magazines are full of the lush interiors of the rich and famous
the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility
meretricious praise
a meretricious argument