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overseasoned

overseasoned

4.9
Having too much salt, herbs, or spices that make the taste too strong
  • adjective
  • /ˌoʊvərˈsiːzənd/
translation icon : sobrecondimentado
  • I found the pasta overseasoned, with too much garlic and pepper overpowering the dish.

Examples

  • If a soup is overseasoned, adding more vegetables can help balance the taste.

  • This soup is too overseasoned for my taste.

  • The chef apologized because the steak was overseasoned and difficult to enjoy.

  • The chef admitted that the dish was overseasoned.

  • The pasta was so overseasoned that I could barely taste the noodles.

  • She decided to start over after realizing the soup was overseasoned with too much salt.

  • Even though the dish looked delicious, it was overseasoned and overwhelmed my taste buds.

Synonyms

seasoned to the tonsils
vsoverseasoned
  • Informal
9.3

Food with a very strong taste, often more than you want

has too strong flavor from excess spices or herbs rather than dramatic exaggeration
oversalted
vsoverseasoned
3.1

Containing too much salt, the food tastes too salty

contains excess of many spices or herbs, not only salt

Antonyms

unseasoned
1 4.0

Food that has no salt or spices added

How Seasoned

overseasoned
4.9
seasoned
2 4.1
unseasoned
1 4.0

Surface Forms

overseasoned positive

Morphology

overseasoned = overseason (transparent) = over + season + ed

The verb 'overseason' (over- + season) is straightforward and '-ed' forms the adjectival/past-participial sense indicating excess seasoning.

Etymology

Overseasoned comes from over- meaning 'too much' and season meaning 'to add flavor or spices', so it pictures food that has 'too much' salt or spice and tastes too strong.