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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

/ ˌəʊəˈɔɪ /

verb

  1. (tr) to give great delight to

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • overjoyed adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of overjoy1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; over-, joy
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"I was so overjoyed I lost the stutter I'd had since he was taken," she said.

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"I was overjoyed," she remembers, describing the moment she saw the positive pregnancy test.

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She said she was "very overjoyed" when her mother told her she had won the race to be the UK entry.

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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.

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“The Rose family and I are extremely overjoyed at the wisdom, courage and compassion exhibited by the commissioner,” Lenkov said.

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