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overjoy
[oh-ver-joi]
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.
overjoy
/ ˌəʊəˈɔɪ /
verb
(tr) to give great delight to
Other Word Forms
- overjoyed adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
"I was so overjoyed I lost the stutter I'd had since he was taken," she said.
"I was overjoyed," she remembers, describing the moment she saw the positive pregnancy test.
She said she was "very overjoyed" when her mother told her she had won the race to be the UK entry.
Archie had been overjoyed at the arrival of Finley almost two months earlier, wanting to feed him and change his nappies, maturing overnight into a proper big brother.
“The Rose family and I are extremely overjoyed at the wisdom, courage and compassion exhibited by the commissioner,” Lenkov said.
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