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Definition of Overjoyed
1. Adjective. Extremely joyful.
Definition of Overjoyed
1. Adjective. Very happy ¹
2. Verb. (past of overjoy) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overjoyed
1. overjoy [v] - See also: overjoy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overjoyed
Literary usage of Overjoyed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... he was overjoyed to feel that his nerves were perfectly steady. In order to
divert his thoughts, he went to the opera, where a ballet was being ..."
2. The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1837)
"... pleased as the young; and I, who dread growing wise more than any thing in
the world, was overjoyed to find that one can never outlive one's vanity. ..."
3. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers (1840)
"... discovered in these objects not the calculation of genius but the effect of
fear : overjoyed, he entered the place in triumph which he came to relieve. ..."
4. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"... their clothes not being worth forty shillings the best of them.2 And how
overjoyed the King was when Sir J. Greenville brought him some money; ..."
5. The Universal Etymological English Dictionary: Containing an Additional ...by Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1737)
"... an even and calm Frame of Mind and Tern «ier under Fortune, either good or
bad, £ as neither to be puffed up nor overjoyed in ..."
6. Recollections of a Rebel Reefer by James Morris Morgan (1917)
"... A deserted palace — See ghosts which turn out to be lepers — Accept hospitality
of an Armenian — Commander of garrison not overjoyed to see me. ..."
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