Usually means: Add unnecessary embellishment to something.
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  1. gild the lily: Merriam-Webster
  2. gild the lily: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gild the lily: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gild the lily: Vocabulary.com
  5. gild the lily: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. gild the lily: Wiktionary
  7. gild the lily: Dictionary.com
  8. Gild the Lily: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. gild the lily: Rhymezone
  10. gild the lily: FreeDictionary.org
  11. gild the lily: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. Gild the Lily: The Word Detective
  13. gild the lily: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. gild the lily: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  15. gild the lily: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. gild the lily: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

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  1. gild the lily: Idioms

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  1. gild the lily: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gild the lily)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To embellish or improve something unnecessarily.
▸ verb:  To add superfluous attributes to something.

Similar:
overembellish, overgild, overdecorate, overflourish, over-egg the pudding, gob up, empurple, overadorn, gaudify, overlard, more...

Opposite:
simplify, understate, downplay, minimize, moderate

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Similar:
overembellish, overgild, overdecorate, overflourish, over-egg the pudding, gob up, empurple, overadorn, gaudify, overlard, more...

Opposite:
simplify, understate, downplay, minimize, moderate



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