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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dopey \Dop"ey\, Dopy \Dop"y\, adjective
1. stupid; as, a dopy kid. [Colloq.]
Syn: cloddish, doltish. [PJC]
2. [affected by {dope[2]}.] dulled or stupefied by alcohol or narcotics; sluggish or dull as though under the influence of a narcotic. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
3. revealing stupidity; as, a dopey answer. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: anserine, dopey, fool(prenominal), foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike. [WordNet 1.5] ||
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dopey
adjective: having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books" [syn: {anserine}, {dopy}, {foolish}, {goosey}, {goosy}, {gooselike}] [also: {dopiest}, {dopier}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
98 Moby Thesaurus words for "dopey": abeyant, apathetic, bedazzled, benumbed, blase, blunt, blunt-witted, bored, cataleptic, catatonic, comatose, dazed, dazzled, dead, debilitated, dim, dim-witted, dormant, droopy, drugged, dull, dull of mind, dull-headed, dull-pated, dull-witted, enervated, exanimate, fat-witted, flat, foul, groggy, gross-headed, heavy, hebetudinous, in a daze, in abeyance, in suspense, inactive, inanimate, inert, jaded, knocked silly, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, latent, leaden, lethargic, lifeless, listless, logy, lumpish, mazed, moribund, numb, obtuse, passive, phlegmatic, pooped, punch-drunk, punchy, sated, sedentary, silly, slack, slaphappy, sleeping, sleepy, slow, slow-witted, sluggish, slumbering, slumberous, smoldering, somnolent, stagnant, stagnating, standing, static, stultified, stupid, supine, suspended, tame, thick-brained, thick-headed, thick-pated, thick-witted, thickskulled, torpid, unaroused, vegetable, vegetative, wan, weary, wooden, woozy, world-weary
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