gilded

(verb) decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold. Synonyms: gild, begild, engild.

(adj) having the deep slightly brownish color of gold. Synonyms: aureate, gilt, gold, golden. Examples: "Long aureate (or golden) hair." "A gold carpet."

(adj) based on pretense; deceptively pleasing. Synonyms: meretricious, specious. Examples: "The gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility." "Meretricious praise." "A meretricious argument."

(adj) rich and superior in quality. Synonyms: deluxe, grand, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous. Examples: "A princely sum." "Gilded dining rooms."

(adj) made from or covered with gold. Synonyms: gold, golden. Examples: "Gold coins." "The gold dome of the capitol." "The golden calf." "Gilded icons."