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
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
As if that he might leave no form of human utterance ungilded by his genius, Shakespeare in Thersites has given us the apotheosis of blackguardism and billingsgate.
From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various
There are many imitations of the precious gem, but although they are equally bright and beautiful at first, they soon tarnish and show themselves in their true and ungilded state.
From The Wedding Guest by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
After a life of ungilded mediocrity he had but recently come to be known, and though the one experience had not given him pain, he delighted in the other.
From Clerambault The Story of an Independent Spirit During the War by Romain Rolland
