[
UK
/ɡˈɪldɪd/
]
[ US /ˈɡɪɫdɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɪɫdɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
a gold carpet
long aureate (or golden) hair -
made from or covered with gold
gilded icons
the golden calf
gold coins
the gold dome of the Capitol -
ostentatiously rich and superior in quality
gilded dining rooms
a princely sum
these architecture magazines are full of the lush interiors of the rich and famous -
based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
meretricious praise
a meretricious argument
the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility
How To Use gilded In A Sentence
- It felt like a gilded cage. Consuelo & Alva: Love and Power in the Gilded Age
- A whirling flash of sapphire suddenly rotated --- in a delirious foxtrot --- with Doc's own dizzy nimbus of gilded amber. BEHINDLINGS
- Ramses handed the ornate gilded wine list back to the maître d '. LORD OF THE SILENT
- This embossed, etched, and gilded steel close helmet is attributed to German armourer Kolman Helmschmid. Would This 16th Century Helmet Terrify a Jousting Opponent?
- Cooke gilded that story for days, insisting on its veracity and refusing to tell the police where the boy lived.
- And internet users have been quick to point out the difference between his own gilded existence and that of those in the struggling steel town. The Sun
- The gilded silver pinhead, styled in the image of a bird of prey, is one of a handful of examples discovered in Britain and will go on display in London.
- The true doctors are those in general practice, outside the gilded edifices. Times, Sunday Times
- She gripped a fancy mat which covered an ornate table by her side, and dragged a begilded vase on to the floor without even noticing it. The Box with Broken Seals
- The collection ended on a high note with a sequence of little black sack dresses with gilded metallic trim.