| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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dopey also dopy |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Slang. So senseless as to be laughable: absurd, foolish, harebrained, idiotic, imbecilic, insane, lunatic, mad, moronic, nonsensical, preposterous, silly, softheaded, tomfool, unearthly, zany. Informal : cockeyed, crazy, loony, loopy. Slang : balmy2, dippy, jerky, sappy, wacky. See ABILITY, KNOWLEDGE. 2. Slang. Lacking mental and physical alertness and activity: hebetudinous, lethargic, sluggish, stupid, stuporous, torpid. See ACTION. 3. Slang. Lacking in intelligence: blockheaded, dense, doltish, dumb, hebetudinous, obtuse, stupid, thickheaded, thick-witted. Informal : thick. Slang : dimwitted. See ABILITY.
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