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
It was a rough meeting, composed of rude elements, in a large but ungilded hall in Whitechapel.
From Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Their lofty neighbour Bolt Head on the left remained as yet ungilded, and retained its gray.
From A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy
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
Chinese vases, marble slabs for tables, old and new furniture with curving lines, with griffins, sphinxes, and lions' paws, gilded and ungilded, chandeliers, sconces, all were heaped together in a perfect chaos of art.
From Taras Bulba and Other Tales by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
