Gilded has 6 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
simple past tense and past participle of gild
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
"long aureate (or golden) hair"
"a gold carpet"
based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
"the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"
"meretricious praise"
"a meretricious argument"
ostentatiously rich and superior in quality
"a princely sum"
"gilded dining rooms"
"these architecture magazines are full of the lush interiors of the rich and famous"
made from or covered with gold
"gold coins"
"the gold dome of the Capitol"
"the golden calf"
"gilded icons"
Having the color or quality of gold.