overjoyed

This term describes a peak emotional state of happiness that is usually reactive, triggered by a specific event or piece of news. It carries a sense of being overwhelmed by positive emotion, suggesting a level of joy that exceeds normal happiness. Because it describes a temporary state of intense emotion, it is almost always used as a predicative adjective following a linking verb rather than as an attributive adjective before a noun. One would say "I am overjoyed" rather than "I am an overjoyed person."