overjoy

transitive verb

: to fill with great joy : cause to rejoice

overjoyed me when I read it

—H. J. Laski

the dealers it failed to overjoy

—J. M. Conly

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overjoy

verb

over·​joy

ˌō-vər-ˈjȯi

: to fill with great joy