ungilded
Lacking gold coating
Ungilded means not covered with gold or gold leaf.
A gilded frame has gold applied to its surface; an ungilded one does not.
Figuratively, ungilded suggests something plain, unadorned, or presented without embellishment: the ungilded truth, an ungilded account of her failures.
The word implies authenticity through lack of superficial enhancement.
Copper-zinc metal mixture
Lacking decoration or ornament
- unembellishedWithout decorative additions
- unpretentiousLacking false superiority
- modestLacking in pretension
- understatedDeliberately minimized in expression
simple · bare · undecorated · unornamented · austere · spartan · homely · basic
One who renounces indulgence
- monasticOf religious community life
- puritanicalExcessively strict about morals
- chasteAbstaining from sexual activity
- starkSevere and unadorned
bleak · stern · frugal · temperate · disciplined · penitential · abstemious · rigorous
brass
Copper-zinc metal mixture
iron · steel · tin · zinc · nickel · lead · alloy · raw · exposed · bare
unadorned
Lacking decoration or ornament
- unembellishedWithout decorative additions
- unpretentiousLacking false superiority
- modestLacking in pretension
understated · simple · bare · undecorated · unornamented · austere · spartan · homely · basic · utilitarian
ascetic
One who renounces indulgence
- monasticOf religious community life
- puritanicalExcessively strict about morals
- chasteAbstaining from sexual activity
stark · bleak · stern · frugal · temperate · disciplined · penitential · abstemious · rigorous · severe
ungildedgilded
Overlaid with gold leaf
gilt · gold-plated · golden · aureate · ornamented
ungildedgilded
Overlaid with gold leaf
ornate · embellished · adorned · decorated · ostentatious
ungildedgilded
Overlaid with gold leaf
embellished · glorified · beautified · romanticized · idealized