From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Dopey \Dop"ey\, Dopy \Dop"y\, a.
1. stupid; as, a dopy kid. [Colloq.]
Syn: cloddish, doltish.
[PJC]
2. [affected by {dope[2]}.] dulled or stupefied by alcohol or
narcotics; sluggish or dull as though under the influence
of a narcotic. [Slang]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
3. revealing stupidity; as, a dopey answer. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: anserine, dopey, fool(prenominal), foolish, goosey,
goosy, gooselike.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dopey
adj 1: having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine
behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool
idea about rewriting authors' books" [syn: {anserine},
{dopy}, {dopey}, {foolish}, {goosey}, {goosy},
{gooselike}, {jerky}]
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