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What is another word for dopey?

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Lacking in intelligence, or unable to comprehend ideas

Silly, especially in a childish way

Significant in the degree of absurdity

Feeling mentally dazed or confused, especially as a result of being drugged

Feeling drowsy, especially as a result from being drugged

Lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality

Under the influence of drugs

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Lacking in intelligence, or unable to comprehend ideas

not the full shilling

thick as two short planks

unwise

dunce-like

divvy

dead from the neck up

as thick as two short planks

not the sharpest tool in the box

not the sharpest tool in the shed

not the sharpest knife in the drawer

a brick short of a load

two sandwiches short of a picnic

dumb as a box of rocks

dumb as a bag of hammers

uncivilized^US

uncivilised^UK

flakey^US

flaky^UK

away with the fairies

not right in the head

with a screw loose

touched in the head

not right

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“I'm smiling like a dopey fool just thinking about that moment.”

Adjective

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Silly, especially in a childish way

flakey^US

flaky^UK

careless of one's duty

with a mind like a sieve

with your head in the clouds

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“With the exception of Maja, Einstein tended to remain aloof from other children, looking down on their dopey antics with disdain.”

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Significant in the degree of absurdity

as thick as two short planks

not in your right mind

flakey^US

flaky^UK

not the full shilling

mad as a March hare

round the twist

barking mad

away with the fairies

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“I made the dopey mistake of kicking the ball into my own goal while playing soccer.”

Adjective

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Feeling mentally dazed or confused, especially as a result of being drugged

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

wooly^US

woolly^UK

not knowing if you are coming or going

not knowing if one is coming or going

irrational

unsound

with Alzheimer's disease

marveling^US

marvelling^UK

filled with astonishment

filled with amazement

caught on the wrong foot

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

in a state of confusion

unable to believe your eyes

unable to believe one's ears

frustrated

simple

had their heads messed with

caused to be at a stand

uncertain which way to turn

bollixed

made to scratch their head

going round in circles

up against a brick wall

not knowing whether one is coming or going

with a mind like a sieve

with your head in the clouds

miles away

driven to distraction

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“The ringing jarred her awake and left her feeling dopey and confused.”

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Feeling drowsy, especially as a result from being drugged

hardly able to keep one's eyes open

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“She was back in the ward, still a bit dopey from the drugs.”

Adjective

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Lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality

lacklustre^UK

lackluster^US

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Under the influence of drugs

three sheets to the wind

three sheets in the wind

under the influence of intoxicating liquor

having had one over the eight

two sheets to the wind

cock-eyed

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