dopey
/ˈdəʊpi/
dopey adjective: stupid, silly.
Adjective
dopey (comparative dopier, superlative dopiest)
- Stupid, silly.
- Some dopey movie actor was standing near us, having a cigarette.1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 164
- We were all convinced there was a poltergeist in David's flat and had the dopey idea of taking it as a present to Jimmy. We “captured'” the ghost in a paper bag […]2010, Nicky Haslam, Redeeming Features, page 211
dopey meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
dopey in Tamil
- மயக்கநிலை
dopey in Malayalam
- confused, stupefied, muddled
- ഉറക്കംതൂങ്ങുന്ന, മന്ദിച്ച, മയക്കംതട്ടിയ, ബുദ്ധിഭ്രമം ബാധിച്ച, സ്തംഭിച്ച, കുഴഞ്ഞ
Forms of dopey
| comparative | dopier |
|---|---|
| superlative | dopiest |
| alternative form | dopy |
Origin of dopey
From dope (“stupid person”) + -y.
Words formed from dopey
Words that rhyme with dopey
Questions about dopey
- What does dopey mean?
- Dopey means stupid, silly.
- What is dopey in Tamil?
- Dopey in Tamil is மயக்கநிலை. See Dopey meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is dopey?
- Dopey is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce dopey?
- Dopey is pronounced /ˈdəʊpi/.
Words near dopey in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dopey (page history and authors); dopey (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dopey (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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