dope
53
8.2
- noun
- /doʊp/
- Offensive
:
idiota
- But you really are a spoiled dope, you know?
- look like a dope
- just a dope
- a big dope
And I said, well, how long have I got to do like a dope?
- And I said, well, how long have I got to do like a dope?
- I said thank you and I left like you morons, you know, it's it's one-size-fits-all for these dopes.
Examples
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Growing up, he was the smart guy, I was the dope.
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You couldn't be a dope and survive in the debating club.
Fiction book (2001) -
Boy, what a dope you must think I am.
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What dope would wear a thing like this?
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I mean, even you make me feel like a dope.
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l was always such a dope in anatomy.
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I thought then that he was a dope to give up his scholarship, but I was wrong.
Fiction book (1998) -
"Dear Nina," my mother wrote back when I suggested this, "don't be a dope."
Fiction book (1991) -
Why don't you just haul yourself out of New York if you think we're all such dopes?
Fiction book (1998) -
He always felt like a dope for believing the wild rumors about his friends.
Synonyms
115
6.0
A person who is seen as stupid or makes simple mistakes
92
8.4
A person who behaves in a silly or stupid way
43
8.0
A person who acts silly or seems not very smart
35
8.7
A person who makes silly mistakes
15
8.8
A person who is not very smart or who acts without thinking
13
8.4
A person who acts in a very silly way
12
8.3
A person who does not know much
8
8.1
A person who is not very smart or acts silly
5
9.7
A person who is not very smart
5
9.2
A person who behaves foolishly and who others often insult with this word
5
8.5
An insulting word for a person who has very little information
3
7.5
A person who is not very smart and often makes silly mistakes
3
9.9
A rude name for a person who is very silly or not smart
3
9.1
A person who often does foolish things or makes simple mistakes
3
9.3
A person who is not very smart
2
8.7
A person who is not very smart
1
2.7
A person who is not intelligent and often makes poor choices
1
9.8
A rude word for a person who is very stupid
1
9.9
A person who is foolish and easily tricked
1
9.9
A person who is silly and not very clever
1
9.9
A person who behaves in a foolish way
1
9.9
A person who is not very intelligent
1
9.9
A person people insult by saying they are stupid
A person who acts silly or foolish
A person who is not very smart
A person who behaves in a foolish or thoughtless way
A Doberman dog and sometimes a slang name for a foolish person
Antonyms
Idioms
- Archaic
Acting in a way that harms you because you trust your own wrong ideas
Compounds
- Offensive
7
9.9
A person who cannot stop using illegal drugs, often said in an insulting way
- Jargon
3
9.5
A boxing tactic of pretending to be weak to tire an opponent and outsmart them by appearing passive
- Informal
A quick light hit on the head with the hand to show frustration or sudden realization
How Foolish
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dope as 'a foolish person' grew from the idea of someone made slow or dull by a drug, like being 'dopey'. So a 'dope' is someone acting slow or foolish, as if they were under a drug's effect.