dorky
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7.7
- adjective
- /ˈdɔrki/
- Informal
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friki
- He wore a dorky sweater with cartoon characters on it at the party.
- look dorky
- really dorky
- pretty dorky
What's, what's the dorkiest thing you guys do?
- What's, what's the dorkiest thing you guys do?
- Josh stops and he starts some of this fucking dorky ass dad humor shit.
- I would just say very corny and fucking dorky like that.
- They gave him the dorkiest name they could come up with and the movie still rocks.
- They would actually prefer to date the dorky looking guy in the Wall Street clothes to the handsome guy who's working at Burger King.
- So there's this idea I talk about in the book, and it's called prevalence induced concept change, which is a really dorky way of saying problem creep.
- I want a more natural looking photo, but the stage professionally done photos of couples, number one, I think they're dorky.
- Really dorky like Devon, get em, get em.
Examples
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I'd seen the tour groups, in their windbreakers and dorky bike helmets, down on the university plaza.
Blog text (2) -
You look like some dorky superhero.
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Now I realize it's pretty much as dorky as my actual name.
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Kind of a dorky game, huh?
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I guess it's kind of cute, in a dorky sort of way.
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It's super dorky, but it's super functional.
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I know, it's kinda dorky.
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Deacon is talking to the dorky freshman near the bike rack.
Fiction book (2002) -
They gave him the dorkiest name they could come up with and the movie still rocks.
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The shy, dorky guy who no one suspects because he's so shy and dorky.
Synonyms
311
2.7
Feeling embarrassed or uncomfortable in social situations
129
3.5
Silly in a funny, slightly foolish way
98
5.9
Odd in a funny or silly way
41
5.5
Being very interested in subjects like science or computers and sometimes socially awkward
31
6.8
A person who likes technical topics like computers and does not seem fashionable
12
7.6
Funny and odd in a silly way that makes people laugh
4
4.5
Acting in a silly, exaggerated way like a clown
3
9.3
Strange and amusing in how a person or thing looks and acts
1
9.6
Not fashionable and socially awkward in appearance, often in a funny, likeable way
1
8.9
Silly and awkward in a clumsy, funny way
Antonyms
How Dorky
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dorky comes from the slang dork, which means 'a silly or awkward person'. So something dorky looks or acts awkward or unfashionable in a way that can be a little funny or likeable.