dopey
Slow and dim
Dopey describes someone sluggish, drowsy, or mentally slow—as if sedated or half-asleep: I was still dopey from the anesthesia.
It also means foolish or dim-witted: a dopey grin, What a dopey thing to say.
The word connects to dope in its sense of a stupefying drug, though the association has faded.
Also spelled dopy.
Lacking in speed
- denseClosely packed together
- thickHaving great depth
- dullLacking edge or interest
- simpleFree of complexity
obtuse · dimwitted · slow-witted · vacant · witless · brainless · foolish · doltish
Unable to understand
- bewilderedThoroughly puzzled and confused
- disorientedLacking sense of direction
- muddledIn a confused state
- befuddledMentally confused, disoriented
addled · spaced-out · scatterbrained · absent-minded · muddleheaded · unfocused · distracted · incoherent
Nearly falling asleep
- groggyWeak and unsteady
- sluggishSlow and inactive
- tiredLacking energy, needing rest
- yawningOpening mouth when tired
bleary-eyed · half-asleep · zonked · foggy · muzzy · stuporous · sedated · torpid
slow
Lacking in speed
simple · obtuse · dimwitted · slow-witted · vacant · witless · brainless · foolish · doltish · blockheaded
confused
Unable to understand
- bewilderedThoroughly puzzled and confused
- disorientedLacking sense of direction
- muddledIn a confused state
befuddled · addled · spaced-out · scatterbrained · absent-minded · muddleheaded · unfocused · distracted · incoherent · punch-drunk
drowsy
Nearly falling asleep
yawning · bleary-eyed · half-asleep · zonked · foggy · muzzy · stuporous · sedated · torpid · lethargic
silly
Frivolous or absurd
klutzy · comical · ridiculous · absurd · laughable · slapstick · buffoonish · oafish · lumbering · hapless
endearing
Arousing fondness or affection
guileless · childlike · simpleton · harmless · good-natured · wide-eyed · trusting · naive · unassuming · gentle
- foolishfoolish, stupid, dumb, brainless, witless
- inattentiondistracted, spacing, absent-minded, distraction, obliviousness
- slang adjectivescool, awesome, lit, sick, rad
- dimwitsdimwit, idiot, dolt, dunce, moron
- exhaustedtired, weary, exhausted, drained, fatigued
- mindlessbrainless, mindless, witless, senseless, unthinking
- doped upHeavily under drug influence
- smoking dopeUsing marijuana by inhalation
- doping upAdministering sedatives or narcotics
- dope fiendHabitual drug user
- smoke dopeConsume cannabis by inhalation
- dope upAdminister drugs heavily
dope, doped, dopes, doping, dopy, dopiness, doper, dopiest, dopier