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gilded

adj · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈɡɪldɪd/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having the color or quality of gold.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of gild

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

having the deep slightly brownish color of gold

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • long aureate (or golden) hair
  • a gold carpet

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: aureate, gilt, gold, golden

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

made from or covered with gold

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • gold coins
  • the gold dome of the Capitol
  • the golden calf
  • gilded icons

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gold, golden

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

rich and superior in quality

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a princely sum
  • gilded dining rooms

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deluxe, grand, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective satellite

Meaning 8

based on pretense; deceptively pleasing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility
  • meretricious praise
  • a meretricious argument

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: meretricious, specious

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English gild Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English gilded From gild + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: злати́ст (zlatíst) — having the color or quality of gold
  • Czech: zlatý — having the color or quality of gold
  • Danish: gylden — having the color or quality of gold
  • Dutch: gulden — having the color or quality of gold
  • Finnish: kullanvärinen — having the color or quality of gold
  • French: doré — having the color or quality of gold
  • Galician: dourado — having the color or quality of gold
  • Georgian: ოქროსფერი (okrosperi) — having the color or quality of gold
  • Georgian: ოქროს (okros) — having the color or quality of gold
  • Italian: dorato — having the color or quality of gold
  • Japanese: 金色の (kin'iro no) — having the color or quality of gold
  • Latin: aureus — having the color or quality of gold
  • Polish: pozłacany — having the color or quality of gold
  • Polish: złocony — having the color or quality of gold
  • Portuguese: dourado — having the color or quality of gold
  • Portuguese: áureo — having the color or quality of gold
  • Romanian: auriu — having the color or quality of gold
  • Russian: золоти́стый (zolotístyj) — having the color or quality of gold
  • Russian: золото́й (zolotój) — having the color or quality of gold
  • Spanish: dorado — having the color or quality of gold
  • Swedish: gyllene — having the color or quality of gold
  • Armenian: ոսկեզօծ (oskezōc) — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • Bulgarian: зла́тен (zláten) — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • Bulgarian: позлате́н (pozlatén) — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鍍金的 /镀金的 (dùjīn) — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鑲金的 /镶金的 (xiāngjīn de) — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • Czech: zlatý — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • Czech: pozlacený — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • Czech: zlacený — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • Danish: forgyldt — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • Finnish: kullattu — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • French: doré — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • Galician: dourado — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • Georgian: მოოქრული (mookruli) — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • Georgian: მოოქროვებული (mookrovebuli) — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • Georgian: მოოქროვილი (mookrovili) — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • German: vergoldet — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • Hebrew: מוזהב (muzháv) — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • Hungarian: aranyozott — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • Latin: aureus — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forgylt — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: forgylt — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • Portuguese: áureo — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • Russian: позоло́ченный (pozolóčennyj) — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • Spanish: áureo — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • Ukrainian: позоло́чений (pozolóčenyj) — made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
  • Bulgarian: позлатен (pozlaten) — having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated
  • Czech: pozlátkový — having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated
  • Georgian: მოვარაყებული (movaraq̇ebuli) — having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated
  • Spanish: de oropel — having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated
  • Spanish: de relumbrón — having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated
Real reading context

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