DOPEY


Meaning of DOPEY in English

adjective

also dopy ˈdōpē, -pi

( dopier ; dopiest )

Etymology: dope (I) + -y

1. : having the mind and senses dulled and responses slowed from the effects of alcohol or a narcotic : fuddled, bemused

2. : feeling and acting in a benumbed or dazed state : sluggish and listless

I am still dopey from amazement — L.L.Rice

3. : mentally dull : fatuous and rather ridiculous or contemptible

its theme, I gather, is that men are all dopes, and the biggest of us would be just that much dopier if it weren't for the women in our lives — Richard Joseph

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.