Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overjoyed

/ˌoʊvɚˈd͡ʒɔɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: over-joyed
IPA: /ˌoʊvɚˈd͡ʒɔɪd/

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very happy.

adj

Obsolete

verb

simple past and past participle of overjoy

Example Sentences

"Fans were overjoyed at / by the sight of their team handing the visitors such a decisive defeat."
"After a long, arduous trek, we were overjoyed to catch sight of our destination at last."
"The flat transgression of a schoolboy, who, being overjoyed with finding a birds’ nest, shows it his companion, and he steals it."
"They were most agreeably surprised to see me, and I quite overjoyed at meeting with them."
"Olaf was overjoyed, for the power of evil beings ceases when their name is known."
"Diana was not the most discerning of mortals, but just at this moment it struck her that Anne was not looking exactly overjoyed."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌoʊvɚˈd͡ʒɔɪd/
British English: /ˌəʊvəˈd͡ʒɔɪd/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more overjoyed (comparative) most overjoyed (superlative)

Synonyms

exuberant joyful berserk blissed out blithe buoyant chirpy blithesome bonnie bright cheerful cheerly

Rhymes With

avoid destroyed enjoyed employed lloyd deployed void annoyed unemployed boyd floyd freud

Questions

How do you pronounce overjoyed?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌoʊvɚˈd͡ʒɔɪd/.
What does overjoyed mean?: Very happy.

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