Dopey — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

having or revealing stupidity

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪdʒˈiːdoʊz/

🇬🇧British English

/dˈəʊpi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˈəʊpi/

2 syllables Say it as /ɪdʒˈiːdoʊz/.

Examples

ridiculous anserine behavior
a dopey answer
a dopey kid

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

gooselike anserine goosy jerky foolish dopy goosey

Parts of Speech

adjective

having or revealing stupidity

“ridiculous anserine behavior”

Word Forms

dope	noun	an ignorant or foolish person
foolishness	noun	the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
goose	noun	a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
jerk	noun	a dull stupid fatuous person

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

blöd

Dummheit haben oder offenbaren

🇫🇷French

idiot

avoir ou révéler une bêtise

🇪🇸Spanish

atontado

tener o revelar estupidez

🇮🇹Italian

stupido

avere o rivelare stupidità

🇳🇱Dutch

stom

het hebben of onthullen van domheid

🇵🇹Portuguese

idiota

ter ou revelar estupidez

🇷🇺Russian

одурманенный

наличие или проявление глупости

India

🇮🇳Hindi

डोपे

मूर्खता का होना या प्रकट होना

🇮🇳Tamil

ஊக்கமருந்து

முட்டாள்தனத்தைக் கொண்டிருத்தல் அல்லது வெளிப்படுத்துதல்

🇮🇳Telugu

డోపీ

మూర్ఖత్వాన్ని కలిగి ఉండటం లేదా బహిర్గతం చేయడం

🇮🇳Marathi

डोपी

मूर्खपणा असणे किंवा प्रकट करणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

ડોપી

મૂર્ખતા હોવી અથવા જાહેર કરવી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಡೋಪಿ

ಮೂರ್ಖತನವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುವುದು ಅಥವಾ ಬಹಿರಂಗಪಡಿಸುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

മയക്കുമരുന്ന്

വിഡ്ഢിത്തം ഉള്ളതോ വെളിപ്പെടുത്തുന്നതോ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਡੋਪਈ

ਮੂਰਖਤਾ ਹੋਣਾ ਜਾਂ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਕਰਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

ڈوپی

حماقت کا ہونا یا ظاہر کرنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

愚蠢的

拥有或表现出愚蠢

🇯🇵Japanese

愚かな

愚かさを持っている、または明らかにしている

🇰🇷Korean

멍청한

어리석음을 갖거나 드러내는 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ngu ngốc

có hoặc tiết lộ sự ngu ngốc

🇹🇭Thai

โง่เขลา

มีหรือเปิดเผยความโง่เขลา

🇮🇩Indonesian

pusing karena obat bius

memiliki atau mengungkapkan kebodohan

🇵🇭Filipino

baliw

pagkakaroon o pagsisiwalat ng katangahan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بليد

وجود أو الكشف عن الغباء

🇮🇷Persian

بی حال

داشتن یا آشکار کردن حماقت

🇹🇷Turkish

salak

aptallığa sahip olmak veya bunu açığa vurmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְטוּמטָם

שיש או חושפים טיפשות

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