The word 'was overjoyed' denotes the feeling of extreme happiness and delight. However, there are several antonyms that can be used to describe the opposite feeling. Some antonyms for 'was overjoyed' include sad, disappointed, dejected, disheartened, downcast, upset, and melancholic. These words denote negative emotions that are opposite to the feeling of being overjoyed. They are often used in situations where something unfavorable or unpleasant happens, causing a person to feel unhappy or dejected. It is essential to have a good understanding of the antonyms of a word to effectively communicate and express oneself in different scenarios.

What are the antonyms for Was overjoyed?

• v.

  • exult
  • be sad
  ,
  • conceal
  ,
  • grieve
  ,
  • hide
  ,
  • mourn
  .

Famous quotes with Was overjoyed

• "Make them read that it is no longer the fashion to wear birds upon hats. That will afford relief to your poor milliner and at the same time set free thousands of our darling birds who have been so cruelly used." Popopo thanked the wise king and followed his advice. The office of every newspaper and magazine in the city was visited by the knook, and then he went to other cities, until there was not a publication in the land that had not a "new fashion note" in its pages. Sometimes Popopo enchanted the types, so that whoever read the print would see only what the knook wished them to. Sometimes he called upon the busy editors and befuddled their brains until they wrote exactly what he wanted them to. Mortals seldom know how greatly they are influenced by fairies, knooks and ryls, who often put thoughts into their heads that only the wise little immortals could have conceived. The following morning when the poor milliner looked over her newspaper she was overjoyed to read that "no woman could now wear a bird upon her hat and be in style, for the newest fashion required only ribbons and laces."

  L. Frank Baum
• I was overjoyed when I read Yevtushenko's "Babi Yar"; the poem astounded me. It astounded thousands of people…People knew about Babi Yar before Yevtushenko's poem, but they were silent. And when they read the poem, the silence was broken. Art destroys silence.

  Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Synonyms:

scuttlebutt, scuttlebutt.