overjoy

[ oh-ver-joi ]
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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.

Origin of overjoy

1
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at over-, joy

Other words from overjoy

  • o·ver·joyed, adjective

Words Nearby overjoy

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How to use overjoy in a sentence

  • 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
  1. (tr) to give great delight to

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