overjoyed en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌoʊvɚˈd͡ʒɔɪd/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌəʊvəˈd͡ʒɔɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Meanings
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Very happy.
They were most agreeably surprised to see me, and I quite overjoyed at meeting with them.
1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 9, in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, volume 2, London: for the author, page 85:Diana was not the most discerning of mortals, but just at this moment it struck her that Anne was not looking exactly overjoyed.
1915, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, chapter 15, in Anne of the Island, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, →OCLC, page 150:You are overjoyed the first few times you are invited to an interview, dressing carefully on each occasion in your Lady Dis and suit that now hangs encouragingly loose.
2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, chapter 8, in This Mournable Body, Minneapolis: Graywolf Press:After a long, arduous trek, we were overjoyed to catch sight of our destination at last.
Fans were overjoyed at / by the sight of their team handing the visitors such a decisive defeat.
The flat transgression of a schoolboy, who, being overjoyed with finding a birds’ nest, shows it his companion, and he steals it.
1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:Olaf was overjoyed, for the power of evil beings ceases when their name is known.
1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 117:
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(obsolete) Overly happy.
Which must teach vs not to be ouer-ioyed with any of Gods fauours, and honours, but euen then to thinke of, and to prepare for some following after-claps, and as contentedly to endure the one, as cheerefully receiue the other.
1616, Daniel Dyke, “The Historie of Christs Temptation”, in Two Treatises, London: Ralph Mab, pages 211–212:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| more overjoyed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most overjoyed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Synonyms
content · delighted · cock-a-hoop · berserk · happy as a prince · cheery · exultant · overjoyed · air-headed · tickled pink · filled with happiness · excited · triumphant · contented · ecstatic · merry as a cricket · giddy · perky · exuberant · joyful · vivacious · gleeful · ecstatic · fat and happy · placated · bonnie · rapt · blithe · gassed · happy · exultant · joyous · wealful · gladsome · happy as Larry · gleeful · merry as a grig · elated · high on life · cheerful · mirthsome · happy as the day is long · convivial · bright · joyous · enthusiastic · buoyant · hearty · lighthearted · euphoric · blissed out · happy as a pig in shit · ebullient · joyful · overjoyed · merry · exuberant · euphoric · enrapt · gladsome · chuffed · pacific · chirpy · gayful · walking on air · happy as a clam at high water · glad · blissful · gay · blissed out · orgasmic · exhilarated · happy as a pig in mud · delighted · overjoyous · pleased · elated · stoked · cheerly · jovial · joyful · satisfied · gleesome · blithesome · cock-a-hoop · happy as a lark · thrilled · on cloud nine · hyped · giddy · over the moon · on cloud nine · thrilled · greatly pleased · happy as a clam · over the moon
Translations (36)
hi मुदित (very happy) · pt encantado (very happy) · el πανευτυχής (very happy) · it esultante (very happy) · pt exuberante (very happy) · pt exultante (very happy) · it incantato (very happy) · ca exultant (very happy) · vi hí hửng (very happy) · es eufórico (very happy) · de überglücklich (very happy) · hi आह्लादित (very happy) · da overlykkelig (very happy) · vi hí ha hí hửng (very happy) · es exuberante (very happy) · fi ilosta suunniltaan (very happy) · fr ravi (very happy) · ga an-áthasach (very happy) · sh prezadovoljan (very happy) · nrf enjoué (very happy) · el τρισευτυχισμένος (very happy) · es encantado (very happy) · ca encantat (very happy) · de hocherfreut (very happy) · hi हर्षित (very happy) · ga lúcháireach (very happy) · fr enchanté (very happy) · nl overgelukkig (very happy) · it esuberante (very happy) · fi ikionnellinen (very happy) · ca exuberant (very happy) · fr exubérant (very happy) · es muy feliz (very happy) · sv överlycklig (very happy) · hi प्रसन्न (very happy) · es exultante (very happy)