overseasoned
- adjective
- /ˌoʊvərˈsiːzənd/
- Her speech felt overseasoned because of the excessive use of flowery language.
Examples
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The director's style was criticized as overseasoned, with too many dramatic flourishes.
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Some readers found the novel overseasoned and preferred a simpler narrative style.
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The speech was overseasoned with metaphors.
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His writing tends to be overseasoned and hard to follow.
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The author's prose was criticized as overseasoned, filled with unnecessary embellishments and excessive adjectives.
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Many viewers found the performance to be overseasoned, overwhelmed by the actor's overuse of dramatic gestures.
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Her essay was deemed overseasoned by the teacher, who suggested a more straightforward approach to her arguments.
Synonyms
25
7.0
Using long, fancy words and complicated sentences that make writing hard to follow
4
8.3
Has extra decorations and changes to look exciting and get attention
4
8.6
Being very decorated and showy in style, often with many small details
2
9.6
Having a very showy, overly decorated style
1
6.9
A style that is too bright or cheap and looks unpleasant
1
4.7
Having too many things to make it look pretty so it feels crowded or showy
1
7.3
Too decorated so it looks showy and not natural
1
8.2
Having small decorative details that are unnecessary
1
9.9
Showy art that follows old academic rules and lacks new ideas
1
9.9
Speech or writing that uses very grand, showy language
1
7.6
Too careful or polite to seem natural
1
9.9
Writing or speech that is too long, showy, and hard to read
1
6.8
Looks unnatural because of too much practice
Having very fancy, flowery language with many showy words
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
overseasoned = overseason (semi-transparent) = over + season + ed
The morphological formation is regular, but the sense involves a figurative extension from bodily/culinary excess to excessive ornamentation in language or performance, which may not be fully predictable to all learners.
Etymology
Overseasoned can also be used for speech or style; a helpful way to remember it is to think of season as 'to add flavor' and over- as 'too much', so it means there are 'too many' extra details or decorations that make the writing or performance feel heavy.