(~ing, ~ed)
1.
You can use ~ to refer to great excitement or anger about something, especially when you disapprove of it because you think it is unnecessary or exaggerated.
They announced, amid much ~, that they had made a breakthrough.
= to-do
N-UNCOUNT: also a N disapproval
2.
If you say that something is ~ed, you mean that there is a lot of excitement about it and people are claiming that it is very good. You use this word especially when you think the thing is not as exciting or good as people say.
The power of red wine to counteract high cholesterol has been ~ed in the press.
...the much-~ed new Star Wars movie.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed disapproval