overseasoned
Ruined by salt
Overseasoned describes food with too much seasoning—excessive salt, spices, or other flavorings that overwhelm the dish's natural taste.
The problem is usually salt or strong spices like garlic or chili: The soup was so overseasoned I couldn't taste anything but salt.
Figuratively, something overseasoned has been embellished to the point of excess.
Tasting of brine
- garlickyStrongly flavored with bulb
- pepperyHaving sharp, hot flavor
- spicyHaving strong heat
- pungentSharply strong-smelling
heavy-handed · excessive · overwhelming · saturated · smothered · drenched · doused · cloying
Unfit for consumption
- unappetizingNot pleasing to eat
- ruinedDamaged beyond recovery
- spoiledRuined or overindulged
- off-puttingCausing mild aversion
disgusting · nauseating · revolting · unpleasant · gross · foul · nasty · sickening
salty
Tasting of brine
pungent · heavy-handed · excessive · overwhelming · saturated · smothered · drenched · doused · cloying · dominant
inedible
Unfit for consumption
- unappetizingNot pleasing to eat
- ruinedDamaged beyond recovery
- spoiledRuined or overindulged
off-putting · disgusting · nauseating · revolting · unpleasant · gross · foul · nasty · sickening · stomach-turning
heavy-handed
Clumsy and oppressive
- excessiveSurpassing reasonable bounds
- amateurNonprofessional participant
- noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
mistake · correcting · diluting · balancing · salvaging · rinsing · soaking
overseasonedunderseasoned
Insufficiently flavored with spices
bland · unseasoned · tasteless · flavorless · plain