Dictionary Definition
dopey adj : having or revealing stupidity;
"ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid";
"some fool idea about rewriting authors' books" [syn: anserine, dopy, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike] [also: dopiest, dopier]
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Extensive Definition
Dopey means stupid or acting stupid. It is
sometimes used as a name or nickname, including:
- Dopey, a dwarf in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)
- Dopey Joe, a Topper (comic book) strip
- A nickname for criminal Benny Fein
- One of the minor characters in The Smurfs cartoon
- A nickname for drummer Dean Haydenbaugh
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abeyant, apathetic, bedazzled, benumbed, blase, blunt, blunt-witted, bored, cataleptic, catatonic, comatose, dazed, dazzled, dead, debilitated, dim, dim-witted, dormant, droopy, drugged, dull, dull of mind, dull-headed,
dull-pated, dull-witted, enervated, exanimate, fat-witted,
flat, foul, groggy, gross-headed, heavy, hebetudinous, in a daze, in
abeyance, in suspense, inactive, inanimate, inert, jaded, knocked silly, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, latent, leaden, lethargic, lifeless, listless, logy, lumpish, mazed, moribund, numb, obtuse, passive, phlegmatic, pooped, punch-drunk, punchy, sated, sedentary, silly, slack, slaphappy, sleeping, sleepy, slow, slow-witted, sluggish, slumbering, slumberous, smoldering, somnolent, stagnant, stagnating, standing, static, stultified, stupid, supine, suspended, tame, thick-brained, thick-headed,
thick-pated, thick-witted, thickskulled, torpid, unaroused, vegetable, vegetative, wan, weary, wooden, woozy, world-weary