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
2
: stupid, fatuous
dopey sitcoms
dopily adverb
dopiness noun

Examples of dopey in a Sentence

I'm still a little dopey from the painkillers. After being up all night I was pretty dopey at work.
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But Little Else Not even veteran action-master Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, GoldenEye) can’t fix this dopey script. Britina Cheng, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025 Aerosmith' Airdate: Feb. 17, 1990 Myers and Carvey’s sweet, dopey, rock-loving cable-access teens spawned two movies and a slew of sketches set in Wayne’s shag-rugged basement. Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2016 Such warrior-poet anti-charisma feels out of place in a dopey movie that proves more interested in CGI monsters than its hero’s mottled humanity (Levi’s constant allusions to T.S. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2025 But dopey dialogue and frat-boy humor deflate the pure thrill of its excellent gore. Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 7 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dopey

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of dopey was in 1896

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“Dopey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dopey. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.

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dopey

adjective
dop·​ey ˈdō-pē How to pronounce dopey (audio)
dopier; dopiest
1
: dulled by or as if by alcohol or a narcotic
2
: mentally slow or silly : stupid
your dopey friends
a dopey TV show
dopiness noun
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