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    DOPEY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: dopier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, dopiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: dopeyer  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: dopeyest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Having or revealing stupidityplay

    Example:

    some fool idea about rewriting authors' books

    Synonyms:

    anserine; dopey; dopy; foolish; gooselike; goosey; goosy; jerky

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    stupid (lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity)

    Domain usage:

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

    Derivation:

    dope (an ignorant or foolish person)

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