gilded

From gild + -ed.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪldɪd/

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gilded

1. simple past and past participle of gild

gilded (comparative more gilded, superlative most gilded)

1. Having the color or quality of gold.
2. Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.
   • 2000 September 23, Michele Jenkinson, “West Country Living: My blind date with my new home”, in The Daily Telegraph‎^[1], London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 March 2026:

     There wasn't a room that had not been clad, picture-railed, dadoed, panelled, stained, gilded, bordered and generally made over to within an inch of its life - can I interest anyone in a gold cherubic sconce?

3. Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated.
   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:

     All that glisters is not gold;
     Often have you heard that told:
     Many a man his life hath sold
     But my outside to behold:
     Gilded tombs do worms infold.
     Had you been as wise as bold,
     Young in limbs, in judgement old,
     Your answer had not been inscroll'd:
     Fare you well; your suit is cold.

• see goldish § Synonyms

• glided