as in delighted
filled with great joy
She was overjoyed to see her sister again. They weren't overjoyed at the idea of working together. I'm overjoyed that you can come to my party.
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Recent Examples of overjoyed
Although Snead and McVay didn’t display much emotion about the pick, Simpson appeared overjoyed and a bit shocked.
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Nate Atkins, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Potkin said Mejia was overjoyed to leave jail, but even more so to spend the night with the daughters from whom she was separated in 2005 when she was wrongfully convicted of murder in the scalding death of an infant two years earlier.
—Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026
Rausch then gave the bag — a burgundy Hermès Togo Birkin 30 with gold hardware — to an overjoyed Higgins.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
Julie is overjoyed to discover that Hedda and George may soon be having a baby and promises to check in on them daily.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
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Nate Atkins, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Potkin said Mejia was overjoyed to leave jail, but even more so to spend the night with the daughters from whom she was separated in 2005 when she was wrongfully convicted of murder in the scalding death of an infant two years earlier.
—Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026
Rausch then gave the bag — a burgundy Hermès Togo Birkin 30 with gold hardware — to an overjoyed Higgins.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
Julie is overjoyed to discover that Hedda and George may soon be having a baby and promises to check in on them daily.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overjoyed
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As a row of kids delighted in mixing cotton candy and frozen lemonade into an only-at-the-ballpark dessert, the usher alerted the parents that a mass of boisterous and predominantly shirtless men soon would be assembling in a nearby section.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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The majority of the jokes come off as more asserted than delighted.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
4 June 2026
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Many of those staying are fans of the Surrey Hills Beaverbrook original, deliriously happy that there’s now an equally stylish offshoot in the capital, too.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Duolingo is about to make a lot of language learners very happy.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
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The happy couple looked thrilled to be together at opening night of the Los Angeles Music Center Opera's 10th season.—
John Russell,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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Instead of taking a turn for the romantic, the two leaned hard into bromance as half of a quartet of dudes who were absolutely thrilled to be ice skating together at Rockefeller Center during a very wholesome bachelor party.—
Kase Wickman,
Vanity Fair,
1 Mar. 2026
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If Brown is healthy and productive relative to his standards, the Patriots will be ecstatic.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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Traditional Hollywood studio types have largely been ecstatic about the box office bonanza.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
31 May 2026
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“Overjoyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overjoyed. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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