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OVERJOYED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extremely joyful
Classified under:
Similar:
joyful (full of or producing joy)
Context examples:
My father was in the meantime overjoyed, and, in the bustle of preparation, only recognised in the melancholy of his niece the diffidence of a bride.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Two weeks later he was overjoyed to see, in the latest number on the news-stand, his story printed in full, illustrated, and in the place of honor.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Mr. Peggotty was so proud and overjoyed to see us, that he did not know what to say or do, but kept over and over again shaking hands with me, and then with Steerforth, and then with me, and then ruffling his shaggy hair all over his head, and laughing with such glee and triumph, that it was a treat to see him.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He was overjoyed to see her, and longed to get to the top of the mountain, but the sides were so slippery that every time he attempted to climb he fell back again.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Ruth was overjoyed.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
This is invented for me, and delivered to me orally by Mr. Murdstone, and begins, If I go into a cheesemonger's shop, and buy five thousand double-Gloucester cheeses at fourpence-halfpenny each, present payment—at which I see Miss Murdstone secretly overjoyed.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
At the sight of this he was overjoyed, and forgetting all about his son, went into trade again, and became a richer merchant than before.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Then she rejoiced much at the thoughts of seeing her father once more, and set out with the lions; and everyone was overjoyed to see her, for they had thought her dead long since.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
As soon as the young princess saw her ball, she ran to pick it up; and she was so overjoyed to have it in her hand again, that she never thought of the frog, but ran home with it as fast as she could.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
When he found himself safe, he was overjoyed to think that he had got the Water of Life; and as he was going on his way homewards, he passed by the little dwarf, who, when he saw the sword and the loaf, said, You have made a noble prize; with the sword you can at a blow slay whole armies, and the bread will never fail you.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
