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Adjective: dopey (dopier,dopiest)  dow-pee
  1. Having or revealing stupidity
    "a dopey answer";
    - anserine, dopy, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky
     
  2. Half asleep
    "it seemed a pity to disturb the dopey professor";
    - drowsy, drowsing, dozy, dopy
     
  3. Showing lack of attention or boredom
    "the dopey congregation";
    - drowsy, oscitant, yawning, dopy

Derived forms: dopiest, dopier

See also: asleep, inattentive, sleeping, stupid, unattentive [rare]

Encyclopedia: Dopey