ballyhooed

== English == === Etymology === From ballyhoo +‎ -ed. === Adjective === ballyhooed (comparative more ballyhooed, superlative most ballyhooed) Sensationalized; presented with grand claims. 2007 — Bush Is Losing Credibility On Democracy, Activists Say, Robin Wright, Washington Post, 2007-06-10 "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 === ballyhooed simple past and past participle of ballyhoo