gilded English

Meaning gilded meaning

What does gilded mean?

gilded

— adjective (= aureate, gold, golden) having the deep slightly brownish color of gold long aureate (or golden) hair a gold carpet

— adjective (= meretricious) based on pretense; deceptively pleasing the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility meretricious praise a meretricious argument

— adjective (= princely) rich and superior in quality a princely sum gilded dining rooms

— adjective (= gold, golden) made from or covered with gold gold coins the gold dome of the Capitol the golden calf gilded icons

Synonyms gilded synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as gilded?

gilded English » English

gilt

golden

gold

aureate

sumptuous

specious

princely

opulent

meretricious

luxurious

grand

deluxe

synthetic

stagy

stagey

plummy

plated

overlaid with gold

niminy-piminy

mannered

la-di-da

hokey

gold-plated

contrived

arty-crafty

arty

artsy-craftsy

artificial

artful

affected

Topics gilded topics

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• What words describe something that looks like metal?
  metallic copper brass bronze bronzed gilded gilt gold golden platinum silver silvery steely