gilded
adjective
covered or highlighted with gold or something of a golden color.
ungilded
-
a word derived from
gilded.
Example Sentences
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But his inability to leave any lily ungilded — to direct a scene without tilting or hurtling or throwing the camera around — is bludgeoning and deadly.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2012
One admires the good taste that has always left these bronzes ungilded.
From Cathedral Cities of Italy by William Wiehe Collins
There was no veil of hypocrisy here, but a wickedness, frank, ungilded, and open.
From Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois
And so, as the gilded portion of the age made its musters of beautiful empty heads, of vanities throned upon vanities, the ungilded part made its deadly muster of discontent, displeasure, and despair.
From Modern Society by Julia Ward Howe
She has spoken the truth, the ungilded truth—how seldom I hear it!
From Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 1 by Mark Twain
