all affy

9.9

Feeling very happy and excited

adjective

Slang

: muy feliz

The kids seemed all affy after opening their presents on Christmas morning.

Examples

When the results came in, she was all affy and couldn't stop smiling.
I'm feeling all affy today!
He felt all affy about his promotion at work.
She was all affy after receiving the good news!
The kids seemed all affy after opening their presents on Christmas morning.
When the results came in, she was all affy and couldn't stop smiling.
She was all affy after receiving the good news!

Synonyms

happy

vsall affy

∞ 1.0

Feeling pleased and content

is a stronger very intense state beyond ordinary contentment

glad

vsall affy

∞ 1.0

Feeling pleased or happy about something

is a stronger state of great happiness rather than mild pleasure

excited

vsall affy

∞ 1.0

Feeling very happy and eager about something

is very happy but may not include eagerness or nervous energy

pleased

vsall affy

936 1.0

Feeling happy or satisfied about something

is general great happiness not only satisfaction about one thing

satisfied

vsall affy

285 1.3

Pleased because you achieved something or got the result you wanted

is intense joy rather than calm contentment after achievement

delighted

vsall affy

228 1.0

Feeling very happy about something good

is very happy broadly rather than only showing pleasure

thrilled

vsall affy

171 2.3

Feeling very excited and happy

is very happy but can be calmer and less excited

joyful

vsall affy

70 1.0

Feeling or showing great happiness

is the same great happiness but less focused on expression

blissful

vsall affy

23 3.3

Very happy and free from worry

is intense happiness but not necessarily calm or contented

elated

vsall affy

11 4.0

Feeling very happy and excited because of good news or success

is very happy generally and not always tied to success

overjoyed

vsall affy

10 2.1

Feeling very happy and excited about something good

is very happy but without the sense of being completely filled

absolutely thrilled

vsall affy

6 3.2

Feeling very excited and happy about something

is very happy but may lack the strong excitement component

exhilarated

vsall affy

2 4.4

Feeling very happy and full of energy

is very happy but may lack this energetic surge

best pleased

vsall affy

1 1.7

Feeling very happy about something

is general great happiness not tied to a particular cause

blissed

vsall affy

1 6.7

Feeling very happy and peaceful

is great happiness but can be more active or excited

happy as a pig in mud

vsall affy

Informal

1 8.2

Feeling very happy and content

is general great happiness not expressed in humorous imagery

gladsome

vsall affy

Archaic

1 9.0

Feeling happy and cheerful

is intense great happiness rather than gentle cheerfulness

absitively delighted

vsall affy

Archaic

9.9

Very pleased and full of joy

is extreme happiness without the extra absolute emphasis

posolutely ecstatic

vsall affy

Informal

9.9

Feeling very happy and excited

is great happiness but less intensely overwhelming

beaming

vsall affy

2.5

Smiling very widely and looking clearly happy

is the inner state of great happiness rather than the outward smile

abloom with joy

vsall affy

Archaic

6.7

Looking very happy and excited

is the internal state of great happiness rather than only appearance

as happy as a jaybird

vsall affy

Informal

7.5

Feeling very pleased and full of joy

is very happy but more neutral, not idiomatic or playful

to gladdened

vsall affy

3.0

To make someone feel happy

is being in great happiness not necessarily caused by something

Antonyms

unhappy

463 1.0

Feeling sad or not pleased about something

How Happy

all affy

Slang

9.9

delighted

228 1.0

happy

∞ 1.0

pleased

936 1.0

content

87 1.0

Surface Forms

all affy positive

Morphology

all + affy

The constituent 'affy' is not a recognized English lemma and has no transparent semantic relation to 'very happy'; while 'all' can function as an intensifier before adjectives (e.g., 'all excited'), the unknown form 'affy' cannot be reliably mapped to 'happy' by a B1 learner. Because the overall meaning ('very happy') cannot be derived from the literal meanings of the parts and depends on slang/lexical knowledge, the expression is not compositional for learners.

Etymology

All affy may come from playful speech where affy is a childlike way of saying 'happy' and all makes it stronger. One popular story says children would shout they were 'all affy' while jumping with joy, so the phrase came to mean 'very happy'.