Ballyhooed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ballyhooed is an adjective meaning Sensationalized; presented with grand claims.
Meaning
Sensationalized; presented with grand claims.
More Meanings
- simple past and past participle of ballyhoo
Example Sentences
Behind the scenes, the system had quietly punched a neat loophole into the ballyhooed reform.
Waitress: There's a man over there who says he's waiting for you. Niles: Ah. No doubt the much ballyhooed Bob.
"...viewers didn't hate them. They were just shocked by them. And all of the ballyhooed techniques used by the armies of market researchers at CBS utterly failed to distinguish between these two very different emotions."
"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."
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hype, hoopla, plug, hyped, overhyped, sensationalistic.
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