overjoy

Fill with bliss

Overjoy means to fill with extreme happiness or delight.

The verb appears almost exclusively as the past participle: She was overjoyed to hear the news, They were overjoyed at the birth of their granddaughter.

The active form This overjoyed me is grammatically correct but rarely used.

emotion

elation

Intense triumphant joy

bliss · glee · mirth · exultation · happiness · delight · rapture · ecstasy · thrill · exuberance

expression

beaming

Smiling very broadly

speechless · overwhelmed · beside oneself · jumping · dancing · squealing · laughing · crying · embracing · celebrating

spiritual

transcendence

Surpassing usual limits

exaltation · grace · rapture · sublime · heavenly · blessed · divine · glory · salvation · enlightenment

Opposites
emotional impact on someone

overjoydevastate

Destroy thoroughly and completely

crush · shatter · heartbreak · distress · anguish

Family

overjoyed, overjoys

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