Overjoy
[,əʊvə'dʒɒɪ] or [,ovɚ'dʒɔi]
Definition
(verb.) cause to feel extremely joyful or happy; 'the economic growth overjoyed the German industry'.
Editor: Vanessa--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To make excessively joyful; to gratify extremely.
(n.) Excessive joy; transport.
Typist: Silvia
Definition
v.t. to fill with great joy: to transport with delight or gladness.—n. O′verjoy joy to excess: transport.
Edited by Clifford
Examples
- They lifted him up, and he was overjoyed to find that they were about to take him in the direction whither the star seemed to him to lead. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Caddy was overjoyed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He was overjoyed at seeing me, and to know the meaning of the fight, faint echoes of which had reached his prison cell. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- He was overjoyed to see us and dismounted with great alacrity. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Lord Worcester was overjoyed beyond description at my unexpected return. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- My father was pleased, and Elizabeth overjoyed. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Worcester appeared to be overjoyed. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Editor: Murdoch