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dop·ey

also dop·y (dō′pē)

adj. dop·i·er, dop·i·est Slang

1. Dazed or lethargic, as if drugged.

2. Stupid; doltish: a dopey kid.

3. Silly; foolish: a dopey answer.

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dopey

(ˈdəʊpɪ) or

dopy

adj, dopier or dopiest

1. slang silly

2. informal half-asleep or in a state of semiconsciousness, as when under the influence of a drug

ˈdopily adv

ˈdopiness, ˈdopeyness n

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dop•ey

or dop•y

(ˈdoʊ pi)

adj. dop•i•er, dop•i•est. Informal.

1. stupid; inane.

2. sluggish or befuddled, as from the use of narcotics or alcohol.

[1895–1900, Amer.]

dop′i•ness, dop′ey•ness, n.

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Adj. 1. [画像:dopey - having or revealing stupidity]dopey - having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books"

gooselike, goosey, goosy, dopy, foolish, anserine, jerky

colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

stupid - lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity

dopey

dopy

adjective

1. drowsy, dazed, groggy (informal), drugged, muzzy, stupefied, half-asleep, woozy (informal) The medicine always made him feel dopey.

2. (Informal) stupid, simple, slow, thick, silly, foolish, dense, dumb (informal), senseless, goofy (informal), idiotic, dozy (Brit. informal), asinine, dumb-ass (slang) I was so dopey I believed him.

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dopey

also dopy
adjective

1. Slang. Lacking mental and physical alertness and activity:

hebetudinous, lethargic, sluggish, stupid, stuporous, torpid.

2. Slang. Lacking in intelligence:

blockheaded, dense, doltish, dumb, hebetudinous, obtuse, stupid, thickheaded, thick-witted.

Informal: thick.

Slang: dimwitted.

3. Slang. So senseless as to be laughable:

absurd, foolish, harebrained, idiotic, imbecilic, insane, lunatic, mad, moronic, nonsensical, preposterous, silly, softheaded, tomfool, unearthly, zany.

Informal: cockeyed, crazy, loony, loopy.

Slang: balmy, dippy, jerky, sappy, wacky.

Translations

مُخَدَّر

otupělý

langsom i opfattelsensløv

dämlich

abruti

uppdópaîur, í vímu

stupido

sløv

sersemlemiş

被麻醉的迟钝的

dopey

[ˈdəʊpɪ] ADJ (dopier (compar) (dopiest (superl))) (= drugged) → drogado, colocado ; (= fuddled) → atontado ; (= stupid) → corto

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

dopey

[ˈdəʊpi] adj

(because of drug, anaesthetic) → comateux/euse

(= sleepy) [person] → à moitié endormi(e)

(= stupid) → abruti(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

dopey

, dopy

adj (+er) (inf: = stupid) → bekloppt (inf), → blöd (inf); (= sleepy, half-drugged) → benommen, benebelt (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

dopey

[ˈdəʊpɪ] (fam) adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (drugged) → inebetito/a; (stupid) → stupidotto/a; (sleepy) → addormentato/a

dope

(dəup) noun

any drug or drugs. He was accused of stealing dope from the chemist. dwelms مُنَبِّه، مُخَدِّر، دَواء лекарство, наркотик droga droga das Rauschgift stoffer; narkotika ναρκωτικά droga ravim(id) ماده مخدر؛ دوپینگ huume drogue סָמִים मादक दवा narkotik, opium kábítószer, dopping(szer) obat bius eiturlyf, dóp droga 麻薬 마약 narkotikas, dopingas dopings; narkotika ubat drugs narkotika, dop, stoff narkotyk يو ډول مخدره مايع: بې عقله: معلومات droga drog наркотик; допинг droga mamilo droga knark, drog[er], dopingmedel ยาเสพติด (คําสแลง) uyuşturucu 麻醉藥物 наркотик نشہ آور شے chất ma túy 麻醉品

verb

to drug. They discovered that the racehorse had been doped. opgekikker يُبَلِّعُ الفَرَس مُنَبِّها давам наркотично средство на drogar dopovat dopen dope ντοπάρω drogar, dopar dopingut andma دوپینگ کردن؛ ماده مخدر دادن به huumata doper לְסָמֵם मादक दवा देना drogirati doppingol membius gefa (e-m) eiturlyf, dópa drogare, dopare 麻薬を飲ませる 마약을 하다 duoti dopingo dot/lietot narkotikas dadah drogeren bedøve, dope dawać środek dopingujący مخدره مواد ورکول drogar a droga; a dopa давать допинг dopovať dati/vzeti mamilo drogirati dopa, droga ยาเสพติด uyuşturucu vermek 服用麻醉藥物 давати наркотик, допінг نشہ کھلانا یا پلانا dùng ma túy 服用麻醉品

ˈdopey adjective

made stupid (as if) by drugs. I was dopey from lack of sleep. beneweld, dronk مُخَدَّر упоен entorpecido otupělý dämlich sløv; langsom i opfattelsen αποχαυνωμένος atontado uimastatud گیج؛ بی حال و هواس pöpperöinen abruti טיפש, מסומם मादक दवा के प्रभाव में omamiti drogama kábult lesu uppdópaður, í vímu assonnato; intontito 頭がぼんやりした (마약 등으로) 정신이 흐릿한 apsvaigęs, apkvaitęs apdullis bodoh suf sløv odurzony نشه entorpecido ameţit; drogat одурманенный otupený omamljen drogiran lummig, knasig มึนศีรษะ sersemlemiş (像服用麻醉藥品般)昏頭昏腦的 одурманений غنودگی میں لانا lơ mơ 被麻醉的,迟钝的

dopey, doped up

adj (fam) drogado

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