overobvious
Painfully lacking subtlety
Overobvious means so apparent that it needs no stating, or so blatant as to be clumsy or insulting to the audience's intelligence.
An overobvious plot twist surprises no one; overobvious symbolism feels heavy-handed: The movie's message was overobvious—we got it in the first ten minutes.
Able to be anticipated
- expectedRegarded as likely
- anticipatedExpected in advance
- inevitableCertain to occur
- formulaicFollowing a set template
cliched · hackneyed · trite · stereotypical · unoriginal · derivative · stock · conventional
Shockingly conspicuous and wrong
- glaringHarshly conspicuous or bright
- conspicuousClearly visible, attention-grabbing
- unmistakableImpossible to misidentify
- overtPlainly apparent to all
patent · manifest · palpable · pronounced · egregious · brazen · shameless · screaming
Clumsy and oppressive
- ham-fistedLacking dexterity or subtlety
- clumsyLacking physical coordination
- awkwardLacking grace or ease
- tactlessInsensitive in manner
indelicate · crass · blunt · unrefined · brash · gauche · undiplomatic · clunking
Self-repeating in meaning
- pleonasticUnnecessarily wordy in expression
- superfluousExceeding what suffices
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
- belaboredExcessively dwelt upon
overexplained · overkill · excessive · verbose · restated · rehashed · overwrought · labored
foreseeable
Able to be anticipated
- expectedRegarded as likely
- anticipatedExpected in advance
- inevitableCertain to occur
formulaic · cliched · hackneyed · trite · stereotypical · unoriginal · derivative · stock · conventional · banal
flagrant
Shockingly conspicuous and wrong
- glaringHarshly conspicuous or bright
- conspicuousClearly visible, attention-grabbing
- unmistakableImpossible to misidentify
overt · patent · manifest · palpable · pronounced · egregious · brazen · shameless · screaming · undeniable
heavy-handed
Clumsy and oppressive
- ham-fistedLacking dexterity or subtlety
- clumsyLacking physical coordination
- awkwardLacking grace or ease
tactless · indelicate · crass · blunt · unrefined · brash · gauche · undiplomatic · clunking · graceless
tautological
Self-repeating in meaning
- pleonasticUnnecessarily wordy in expression
- superfluousExceeding what suffices
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
belabored · overexplained · overkill · excessive · verbose · restated · rehashed · overwrought · labored · unnecessary