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单词 dopiness
释义

dopey

adjective

dop·​ey ˈdō-pē How to pronounce dopey (audio)
variants or less commonly dopy
dopier; dopiest
1
a
: dulled by alcohol or a narcotic
b
: sluggish, stupefied
2
: stupid, fatuous
dopey sitcoms
dopily
ˈdō-pə-lē How to pronounce dopey (audio)
adverb
dopiness noun

Synonyms

  • airheaded
  • birdbrained
  • bonehead
  • boneheaded
  • brain-dead
  • brainless
  • bubbleheaded
  • chuckleheaded
  • dense
  • dim
  • dim-witted
  • doltish
  • dorky [slang]
  • dull
  • dumb
  • dunderheaded
  • empty-headed
  • fatuous
  • gormless [chiefly British]
  • half-witted
  • knuckleheaded
  • lamebrain
  • lamebrained
  • lunkheaded
  • mindless
  • oafish
  • obtuse
  • opaque
  • pinheaded
  • senseless
  • simple
  • slow
  • slow-witted
  • soft
  • softheaded
  • stupid
  • thick
  • thick-witted
  • thickheaded
  • unintelligent
  • unsmart
  • vacuous
  • weak-minded
  • witless
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Example Sentences

I'm still a little dopey from the painkillers. After being up all night I was pretty dopey at work.
Recent Examples on the Web Seeing that oxytocin suppressed aggression in one situation, but not the other, actually reassured the researchers that the hormone wasn’t just making the lions totally dopey. Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2022 But there’s something a bit auspicious about the pigeons’ dopey yet open stares and their purplish-green feathery façades that will ultimately translate into the beauty, the transcendence. Antonin Niclass, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2022 The latest celebrity to run for office in California is 72-year-old Anson Williams, who played dopey Potsie on Happy Days and has tossed his hat in the ring to become mayor of Ojai. Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2022 This standard ballad of devotion might have fared better without such a childish title and chorus, which really just sounds dopey coming from a then-17-year-old. Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 22 May 2022 Tiger salamanders, their yellow lips giving them the appearance of a dopey grin, twisting their wet, rubbery bodies around each other in breeding ponds. Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 24 Mar. 2022 For instance, the original Toyota Celica Supra was kind of a dopey nose extension of the Celica to accommodate a six-cylinder engine that was then finished off with tufted velour upholstery. John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 18 Mar. 2022 Al and Greta are cartoonishly creepy; Max is only slightly less cartoonishly dopey; consequently, the stakes feel low all around. Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2022 That was also when dopey, relatively earnest disaster epics could still pull crowds into multiplexes. WSJ, 9 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

dopey

adjective

dop·​ey ˈdō-pē How to pronounce dopey (audio)
dopier; dopiest
1
: lacking alertness and activity
I feel dopey early in the morning.
2
: stupid sense 2
a dopey remark

dopiness

noun

as in stupidness
the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind amused by the sheer dopiness of the movie's plot

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • stupidness
  • obtuseness
  • boneheadedness
  • brainlessness
  • thickness
  • dullness
  • stupidity
  • witlessness
  • oafishness
  • dumbness
  • mindlessness
  • dorkiness
  • denseness
  • slowness
  • insanity
  • foolishness
  • fatuity
  • density
  • vacuity
  • weak-mindedness
  • doltishness
  • dulness
  • gormlessness
  • simpleness
  • senselessness
  • idiocy
  • preposterousness
  • fatuousness
  • craziness
  • zaniness
  • simplicity
  • nincompoopery
  • wackiness
  • dottiness
  • absurdity
  • madness
  • dim-wittedness
  • balminess
  • inanity
  • daftness
  • silliness
  • irrationality
  • feeblemindedness
  • lunacy
  • simplemindedness
  • inaneness
  • mental retardation
  • mental deficiency
  • nuttiness
  • unreasonableness
  • asininity
  • fallacy
  • dippiness
  • nonsensicalness
  • folly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • intelligence
  • brilliance
  • brightness
  • cleverness
  • smartness
  • braininess
  • sharpness
  • quickness
  • perception
  • perspicacity
  • alertness
  • judgment
  • astuteness
  • acumen
  • percipience
  • insight
  • judgement
  • quick-wittedness
  • keenness
  • wit
  • wisdom
  • discernment
  • sagacity
  • rationality
  • sapience
  • logicality
  • validity
  • soundness
  • sageness
  • reasonableness
  • logicalness
  • rationalness
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