GILDED

• (adj.) having the deep slightly brownish color of gold

  "long aureate (or golden) hair", "a gold carpet"

  synonyms : aureate , gilt , gold , golden

• (adj.) made from or covered with gold

  "gold coins", "the gold dome of the Capitol", "the golden calf", "gilded icons"

  synonyms : gold , golden

• (adj.) rich and superior in quality

  "a princely sum", "gilded dining rooms"

  synonyms : deluxe , grand , luxurious , opulent , princely , sumptuous

• (adj.) based on pretense; deceptively pleasing

  "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility", "meretricious praise", "a meretricious argument"

  synonyms : meretricious , specious

  Don’t be fooled by Ruby’s meretricious praise. -added by naila_inlas

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