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gilding
noun as in adornment
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in embellishment
noun as in garnishment
Weak match
noun as in garniture
Example Sentences
Not many of us had “Jeffrey Epstein” or “Ghislaine Maxwell” on our bingo cards — to mix metaphors while gilding the lily.
They were then sent for gilding and upholstery, before Mr Desnoues added designs and a wood finish.
Furthermore, though Mr. Reed presents himself as an intellectually superior theologian, gilding his carefully-choreographed arguments with props and theatrical flourishes, the script itself doesn’t hold him in the same regard.
But its potency also shows itself in the legend that the likes of Watters and other right-wing performers are feverishly gilding.
Hristoff, who was born in Istanbul and is now based in New York, has been creating works of layered screen printing, painting, gilding and drawing in a well-known, almost 20-year-long series titled “Everything and Nothing.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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