gilded

adjective

gild·​ed ˈgil-dəd 

1

: covered or tinged with gold or a golden color

gilded icons

The reception room, just off the entryway, features colorful wall and ceiling decorations and a gilded overmantel mirror and matching cornices.

—Stephen May

2

: having a background of wealth and luxury : prosperous, luxurious

Emily Post was raised among New York's gilded elite.

—Susan Berfield

… despite the upper-crust background and the gilded résumé, Bonham Carter is a pretty modern chick off stage.

—Elizabeth Gleick

Examples of gilded in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This week: a gilded apartment in an 1800s Romanesque Revival mansion. —Clio Chang, Curbed, 10 Dec. 2024

My eyes gleefully flittered among the many gilded furnishings, opulent light fixtures, and damask wall treatments. —Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 7 Dec. 2024

The vehicles featured a gilded interior, with two bars, a television screen, and requisite Trump branding throughout. —Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 24 Oct. 2024

Last time out against a nifty Celta Vigo side performing well enough to grab at least a point, Modric came on and found the gilded pass to slice open the defense, after which a grateful Vinícius Júnior scored the decisive goal. —Henry Flynn, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of gild entry 1

First Known Use

1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1