Usually means: Excessively publicized or loudly promoted.
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  1. ballyhooed: Merriam-Webster
  2. ballyhooed: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ballyhooed: Collins English Dictionary
  4. ballyhooed: Vocabulary.com
  5. ballyhooed: Wordnik
  6. ballyhooed: Wiktionary
  7. ballyhooed: Dictionary.com
  8. Ballyhooed: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. ballyhooed: FreeDictionary.org
  10. ballyhooed: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Sensationalized; presented with grand claims.

Similar:
hoopla, hype, plug, overhyped, sensationalistic, overblown, overstated, ultrahyped, hypey, superhyped, more...

Opposite:
underrated, overlooked, ignored, understated

Types:
overrated, overhyped, praised, lauded, heralded, more...

Phrases:
much ballyhooed, more...

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Similar:
hoopla, hype, plug, overhyped, sensationalistic, overblown, overstated, ultrahyped, hypey, superhyped, more...

Opposite:
underrated, overlooked, ignored, understated

Types:
overrated, overhyped, praised, lauded, heralded, more...

Phrases:
much ballyhooed, more...



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