1. Made from or covered with gold
   "gilded icons";
   - gold, golden
    
2. Having the deep slightly brownish colour of gold
   "long gilded hair";
   - aureate, gilt, gold, golden
    
3. Characterized by rich abundance, magnificence, or expensive luxury
   "gilded dining rooms";
   - deluxe, grand, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous, lush, luxury
    
4. Based on pretence; deceptively pleasing
   "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility";
   - meretricious, specious, glossy

1. Decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
   "They gilded the frame of the antique mirror";
   - begild [archaic], engild [literary]

See also: chromatic, insincere, metal, metallic, metalline [archaic], rich

Type of: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, fancify, grace, ornament

Encyclopedia: Gilded