Taste · Food and eating
overpowering
too strong
An overpowering flavour is so strong that it hides the other flavours.
This vs that
The garlic flavour is overpowering.
The garlic flavour is strong.
Hear it in real life
What do you think of the curry?
The chilli is a bit overpowering. I can't taste anything else.
The blue cheese had an overpowering smell, so I left it off my salad.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
Overpowering naturally signals that a flavour is unpleasantly dominant.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The garlic taste is very powerful and covers all other tastes.
Say: The garlic flavour is overpowering and covers all the other flavours.
Overpowering means excessively strong and unable to be balanced by other flavours.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
an overpowering flavour/taste/smell; overpowering sauce
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about taste.
a hint of ___
There's a hint of lemon in the sauce.
it tastes like ___
It tastes like homemade soup.
Taste words
Food and eating · Taste: the words around “overpowering”.
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Your turn: say it out loud
The garlic is a bit overpowering.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
overpowering
too strong
“The blue cheese had an overpowering smell, so I left it off my salad.”
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