variants
or less commonly dopy
dopier; dopiest
dopiness
noun
Examples of dopey in a Sentence
I'm still a little dopey from the painkillers.
After being up all night I was pretty dopey at work.
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As a result, for decades, dopey tourists have visited the actual Stonehenge site in the U.K. humming the tune.
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Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Sep. 2025
Pritzker and dopey Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson have turned Chicago into Kabul during Joe Biden’s criminal withdrawal, or Saigon during the Tet Offensive.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
To those who dismissed the film as simplistic and dopey, well, that was part of its eternal appeal.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
The dweller, like the pilots in the film, made dopey exclamations of awe.
—Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
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Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Sep. 2025
Pritzker and dopey Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson have turned Chicago into Kabul during Joe Biden’s criminal withdrawal, or Saigon during the Tet Offensive.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
To those who dismissed the film as simplistic and dopey, well, that was part of its eternal appeal.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
The dweller, like the pilots in the film, made dopey exclamations of awe.
—Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dopey
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“Dopey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dopey. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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