overjoy

[oh-ver-joi]

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to feel great joy or delight; elate.

   It overjoys me to hear of your good fortune. I was overjoyed at her safe arrival.

overjoy

/ ˌəʊvəˈdʒɔɪ /

verb

1. (tr) to give great delight to

Other Word Forms

• overjoyed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of overjoy¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; over-, joy

Example Sentences

“Mrs. Clarke will find us a safe place to talk, and a hot meal, too. I expect she will be happily surprised to see me, and overjoyed to meet you.”

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The teachers were also overjoyed to see Penelope.

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When I told Francis I was pregnant, he was overjoyed and wanted us to get married right away.

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He set out how the couple had called off their search for a donor, overjoyed when Hutton informed them she was a match and offering "not just respite but rescue".

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In the latest adventure, Obelix -- the menhir delivery man with superhuman strength -- suffers a particularly bad bout of "saudade", and at one point laments: "I'm feeling down while being overjoyed."

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