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dopey
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dopey, adj. (also dopy ) (dopier, dopiest) colloq.
1 a half asleep. b stupefied by or as if by a drug.
2 stupid, silly.
1 a half asleep. b stupefied by or as if by a drug.
2 stupid, silly.
Derivative
dopily adv. dopiness n.
THESAURUS
dopey
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-wearyFor further exploring for "dopey" in Webster Dictionary Online