overjoy

[ oh-ver-joi ]

/ ˌoʊ vərˈdʒɔɪ /

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verb (used with object)

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.

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Origin of overjoy

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

OTHER WORDS FROM overjoy

o·ver·joyed, adjective

Words nearby overjoy

overhit, overhung, Overijssel, overindulge, overissue, overjoy, overjoyed, overkill, overlade, overlaid, overland

How to use overjoy in a sentence

Chrissy Sebald, a soccer coach and foster parent, was overjoyed last year with the district’s decision to give a free meal to all students.
A school district opted out of a free meals program, saying students could ‘become spoiled’|María Paúl|August 27, 2021|Washington Post
HBCU advocates were overjoyed not only at the amount of money but at the vote of confidence in their work.
‘Transformational’: MacKenzie Scott’s gifts to HBCUs, other colleges surpass $800 million|Nick Anderson, Lauren Lumpkin|December 18, 2020|Washington Post
I have had the Honour to be known to that Prelate a long time, and was overjoy'd at the opportunity of paying my respects to him.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I|Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz
I was overjoy'd to be of this Party, because I had never yet travell'd this Way.
The Travels and Adventures of James Massey|Simon Tyssot de Patot

We were overjoy'd at this Deliverance, which we had Reason to think a happy one.
The Travels and Adventures of James Massey|Simon Tyssot de Patot
His overjoy at obtaining liberty, after so long a struggle for it, led to his excesses and his ruin.
Among the Pines|James R. Gilmore
Well—I am strangely overjoy'd at his coming—never to be sure was anything so damn'd unlucky!
The School For Scandal|Richard Brinsley Sheridan

British Dictionary definitions for overjoy

overjoy

/ (ˌəʊvəˈdʒɔɪ) /

verb

(tr) to give great delight to

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overjoy

Origin of overjoy

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British Dictionary definitions for overjoy