Definition of "ballyhooed" in English

adjective

1. Sensationalized; presented with grand claims.

   • "In Iraq, [director of the American University of Beirut's Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs Rami] Khouri said, the country's vote in January 2005 produced the "much-ballyhooed purple ink-stained finger" but cannot be equated with credible democratic transformation."

verb

1. simple past and past participle of ballyhoo