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1. Having the deep slightly brownish colour of gold
   "long gilded hair"
   - aureate, gilt, gold, golden
    
2. Based on pretence; deceptively pleasing
   "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"
   - meretricious, specious
    
3. Rich and superior in quality
   "gilded dining rooms"
   - deluxe, grand, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous
    
4. Made from or covered with gold
   "gilded icons"
   - gold, golden

1. Decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
   - begild, engild

See also: chromatic, gilder, gilding, insincere, metal, metallic, rich

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

Encyclopedia: Gild