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Definitions for Gilded

[1] covered or highlighted with gold or something of a golden color.
[2] having a pleasing or showy appearance that conceals something of little worth.
[3] to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance.
[4] to give a bright, pleasing, or specious aspect to.
[5] Archaic . to make red, as with blood.
[6] to cover with or as if with gold
[7] gild the lily to adorn unnecessarily something already beautiful to praise someone inordinately
[8] to give a falsely attractive or valuable appearance to
[9] archaic to smear with blood
[10] a variant spelling of guild (def. 2)

Words related to Gilded

luxurious, ornate, festooned, aureate, gaudy, meretricious, prosperous, tawdry

Words nearby Gilded

gilbertian, gilbertine, gild, gild the lily, gilda, gilded, gilded age, gilded cage, gilder, gildhall, gilding

Origin of Gilded

11300–50; Middle English gilden, Old English -gyldan; akin to gold

Words that may be confused with Gilded

gilded, golden

Other words from Gilded

non·gild·ed , adjective
un·gild·ed , adjective
gild·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Gilded

Old English gyldan, from gold gold ; related to Old Norse gylla, Middle High German vergülden

Synonyms for Gilded

luxurious, ornate, festooned, aureate, gaudy, meretricious, prosperous, tawdry