'Gilded' definitions:

Definition of 'gilded'

From: WordNet
adjective
Having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet" [syn: aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden]
adjective
Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument" [syn: gilded, meretricious, specious]
adjective
Rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms" [syn: deluxe, gilded, grand, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous]
adjective
Made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold dome of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons" [syn: gold, golden, gilded]

Definition of 'Gilded'

From: GCIDE
  • Gild \Gild\ (g[i^]ld), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gilded or Gilt (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gilding.] [AS. gyldan, from gold gold. [root]234. See Gold.]
  • 1. To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold. "Gilded chariots." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • No more the rising sun shall gild the morn. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten. [1913 Webster]
  • Let oft good humor, mild and gay, Gild the calm evening of your day. --Trumbull. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To make red with drinking. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • This grand liquior that hath gilded them. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'gilded'

From: Moby Thesaurus