trumped up

1. heavily promoted; overly praised. (Hyphenated before nominal.) I don't care for trumped-up stuff like that movie. That movie was so trumped up. I expected to see something much better than it turned out to be.

2. made-up; contrived. They put Larry in the slammer on some trumped-up charge. It was a silly, trumped-up idea. Just forget it.

trumped up

1. mod. heavily promoted; overly praised. That movie was so trumped up. I expected to see something much better than it turned out to be.

2. mod. made up; contrived. They put Larry in the slammer on some trumped up charge.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Genya	GYEN-yah	Russian
Umberto	oom-BER-to	Italian
Tatyanna	ta-TYAN-ə	English (Modern)
Maja (1)	MIE-ah (German, Polish)	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish
Oddr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Latifa	-	Arabic