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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.

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

overhydrate, overijssel, overindulge, overissue, overjet, overjoy, overjoyed, overkill, overlade, overlaid, overlain

Example sentences from the Web for overjoy

Bill had to work off his overjoy at this by an exuberant flourish.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 |Various
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
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
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

Then I told him of my adventures, which did not seem altogether to overjoy him.

My Friend Smith |Talbot Baines Reed

British Dictionary definitions for overjoy

overjoy

/ (ˌəʊvəˈdʒɔɪ) /

verb

(tr) to give great delight to