dopey

also dop·y (dō'pē)
adj. Slang, dop·i·er, dop·i·est.

1. Dazed or lethargic, as if drugged.
2. Stupid; doltish: a dopey kid.
3. Silly; foolish: a dopey answer.

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also dopy

adjective

1. Lacking mental and physical alertness and activity: hebetudinous, lethargic, sluggish, stupid, stuporous, torpid. See action/inaction.
2. Lacking in intelligence: blockheaded, dense, doltish, dumb, hebetudinous, obtuse, stupid, thickheaded, thick-witted. Informal thick. Slang dimwitted. See ability/inability.
3. So senseless as to be laughable: absurd, foolish, harebrained, idiotic, imbecilic, insane, lunatic, mad, moronic, nonsensical, preposterous, silly, softheaded, tomfool, unearthly, zany. Informal cockeyed, crazy, loony, loopy. Slang balmy², dippy, jerky, sappy, wacky. See ability/inability, knowledge/ignorance.

adj

Definition: stupid
Antonyms: brainy, intelligent, sensible, smart

IN BRIEF: adj. - Having or revealing stupidity.

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adjective
Also dopy Also dopy
adjective, orig US

Stupid, foolish. (1896 —) .
H. Garner That dopey foreman. He didn't bother to check with me (1963).

[From dope noun + -y; orig sense prob., affected with a drug, sluggish, dozy.]

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For a list of words related to dopey, see:

• Inert, Lazy, Tired, or Insensate
• Foolish, Immature, Bigoted, or Trivial

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - døsig, dopet, dum, tåbelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
suf, dom, inferieur

Français (French)
adj. - drogué, dopé, (à moitié) endormi, abruti

Deutsch (German)
adj. - betäubt, benommen, (ugs.) blöd

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (καθομ.) βλακώδης, βλάκας, μαστουρωμένος

Italiano (Italian)
intontito

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - intoxicado

Русский (Russian)
тупой, полусонный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - atontado, tonto, drogado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - omtöcknad, påverkad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
被麻醉的, 迟钝的, 呆笨的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 被麻醉的, 遲鈍的, 呆笨的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 어리석은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 麻酔にかかった, ぼんやりした

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) نعسان كما لو أنه متناول لمخدر, غبي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מטומטם, מסומם‬

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