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overjoyed

overjoyed

10 2.1
Feeling very happy and excited about something good
  • adjective
  • /ˌoʊvərˈdʒɔɪd/
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  • And I was overjoyed to land a position in the Smith College libraries.
  • just overjoyed
  • so overjoyed
  • really overjoyed

And they're happy and they're overjoyed that those people are dead.

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Examples

  • As an engineer, I am overjoyed to read this well-written piece.

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  • I am honored and overjoyed to be here with all of you today.

  • I am just so overjoyed to be here and I thank you so much for for coming.

  • Steve and I were overjoyed to have a little sister and I was excited to be a big sister.

  • I am so overjoyed to see you.

  • But we are just so overjoyed to have someone with your kind of talent here.

  • We are so overjoyed that so many of you have come from all over to be here this weekend.

  • I was overjoyed to hear of his good luck in getting into your employ.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Look, I am just overjoyed that PZ has referred to us as his acolytes.

    Blog text (4)
  • I was overjoyed when I received the good news about my promotion.

Synonyms

excited
vsoverjoyed
1.0

Feeling very happy and eager about something

is intense joy that need not include eagerness or energy
delighted
vsoverjoyed
228 1.0

Feeling very happy about something good

is more extreme fullness of joy rather than general pleasure
thrilled
vsoverjoyed
171 2.3

Feeling very excited and happy

is intense delight focused more on pleasure than arousal
joyful
vsoverjoyed
70 1.0

Feeling or showing great happiness

is extreme delight with greater intensity than general happiness
ecstatic
vsoverjoyed
69 4.5

Feeling very happy and excited

is extreme joy but less overwhelmingly intense
joyous
vsoverjoyed
62 1.8

Feeling very happy and showing it

is stronger intense delight rather than general calm happiness
blissful
vsoverjoyed
23 3.3

Very happy and free from worry

is intense joyful delight rather than peaceful contentment
exuberant
vsoverjoyed
18 5.9

Very happy and full of energy

is strong joy but less outwardly energetic and unrestrained
jubilant
vsoverjoyed
15 5.0

Feeling very happy because of a success or a good event

is extreme rejoicing but not limited to events or successes
over the moon
vsoverjoyed
  • Informal
13 4.9

Feeling very happy and excited because something good happened

is a neutral adjective for intense happiness rather than an idiom
gleeful
vsoverjoyed
12 1.2

Very happy and excited in a playful way

is intense joy but not necessarily high spirited or lively
elated
vsoverjoyed
11 4.0

Feeling very happy and excited because of good news or success

is extreme joy not necessarily tied to recent news or success
absolutely thrilled
vsoverjoyed
6 3.2

Feeling very excited and happy about something

is intense joy without that emphatic certainty
rapturous
vsoverjoyed
6 7.0

Feeling or showing great joy and excitement

is extreme happiness but may be calmer than this enthusiasm
exultant
vsoverjoyed
  • Formal
3 7.3

Very happy and proud because of a big success

is intense happiness not necessarily linked to triumph or victory
exhilarated
vsoverjoyed
2 4.4

Feeling very happy and full of energy

is intense joy that may be calmer and less energetic
best pleased
vsoverjoyed
1 1.7

Feeling very happy about something

is broad intense happiness not limited to satisfaction with something
gladsome
vsoverjoyed
  • Archaic
1 9.0

Feeling happy and cheerful

is intense great joy rather than mild, pleasant cheerfulness
overhappy
vsoverjoyed
1 5.6

Feeling much happier than usual

is intense great joy rather than simply more than usual happiness
absitively delighted
vsoverjoyed
  • Archaic
9.9

Very pleased and full of joy

is extreme happiness without the extra emphatic intensifier
posolutely ecstatic
vsoverjoyed
  • Informal
9.9

Feeling very happy and excited

is intense happiness but less overwhelmingly deep
exulting
vsoverjoyed
  • Formal
6.7

Feeling very happy and proud because of success

is broad intense joy rather than prideful triumph celebration
rejoicing
vsoverjoyed
3.7

Joyful and proud because of a win or success

is general intense joy not tied specifically to triumph
ginormously excited
vsoverjoyed
  • Informal
7.2

Feeling very happy and eager about something that will happen

is intense joyful delight rather than chiefly energetic arousal
posilutely thrilled
vsoverjoyed
  • Informal
9.9

Feeling very excited and happy

is the standard neutral term for intense joy rather than informal

Antonyms

463 1.0

Feeling sad or not pleased about something

How Happy

ecstatic
69 4.5
overjoyed
10 2.1
delighted
228 1.0
happy
1.0
pleased
936 1.0

Surface Forms

overjoyed positive

Morphology

overjoyed = overjoy (transparent) = over + joy + ed

The verb 'overjoy' (over + joy) clearly means 'fill with great joy', and adding '-ed' yields the adjective 'overjoyed' in a regular way.

Etymology

Overjoyed is made of over meaning 'too much' and joy meaning 'great happiness'. Imagine a cup so full it 'spills over' with feeling, so overjoyed means extremely happy.