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
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.
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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
The man is overjoyed to be using another skill and to be giving it his best effort.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Jan. 2026
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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
The man is overjoyed to be using another skill and to be giving it his best effort.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overjoyed
Adjective
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Families rent crab pots and put their catch in plastic buckets held by delighted children.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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Silvetti was delighted to score so quickly after entering the game in the second half after being stuck on the bench due to recent injuries.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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Yes, The Comeback put on a happy face, for Valerie’s sake.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2026
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The games, piled high on shelves and tables, actually had an organization system, something Carolyn was not used to but was quite happy about.—
Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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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 2026 is 2016 all over again, the spontaneous girl who’s been dormant in me for a decade couldn’t be more thrilled.—
Marianne Mychaskiw,
Allure,
24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Bryson Graham, the team’s new lead decision-maker, was ecstatic in the afterglow of the drawing.—
Mike Vorkunov,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Monk’s music contorts into an ecstatic dance, one more befitting of a ritual trance state than a night at the Five Spot.—
Levi Dayan,
Pitchfork,
11 May 2026
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“Overjoyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overjoyed. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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