overjoy
pronunciation
How to pronounce overjoy in British English:
UK [ˌəʊvə'dʒɔɪ]
How to pronounce overjoy in American English:
US [ˌoʊvə'dʒɔɪ]
Word Origin
- overjoy (v.)
- late 14c., "to rejoice over," from over- + joy (q.v.); translating Latin supergaudere (in Psalms xxxiv, etc.). Transitive sense of "to fill with gladness" is first recorded 1570s (now usually in past participle overjoyed).
Example
- 1. Oh I am really overjoy to see you again .
- 2. Overjoy or be happy with sth.
- 3. She is overjoy to hear about the arrival of the baby .
- 4. Overjoy in my heart , I carried the three blades back to second flor .
- 5. Knowing that he will be sent to study abroad , he is overjoy .