dorky
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Definition of dorky
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Synonyms & Antonyms for dorky
Synonyms
airheaded, birdbrained, bonehead, boneheaded, brain-dead, brainless, bubbleheaded, chuckleheaded, dense, dim, dim-witted, doltish, dopey (also dopy), dull, dumb, dunderheaded, empty-headed, fatuous, gormless [chiefly British], half-witted, knuckleheaded, lamebrain (or lamebrained), lunkheaded, mindless, oafish, obtuse, opaque, pinheaded, senseless, simple, slow, slow-witted, soft, softheaded, stupid, thick, thick-witted, thickheaded, unintelligent, unsmart, vacuous, weak-minded, witless
Antonyms
apt, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, fast, hyperintelligent, intelligent, keen, nimble, quick, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted, smart, supersmart, ultrasmart
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Brittany Murphy plays an artless, dorky pageant contestant named Lisa, and Amy Adams is Leslie, a contestant who occupies the obligatory role of slutty cheerleader. — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, "“Drop Dead Gorgeous,” Which Is Finally Streaming, Is Possibly My Favorite Movie of All Time," 5 July 2019 What looks like couples karaoke (in which this writer gives major props to Hadid for belting out some dorky tune alongside a Grammy-award-winning singer, a scenario that might provoke anxiety in others). — Elise Taylor, Vogue, "The Weeknd Goes All Out on Instagram for Bella Hadid’s Birthday," 9 Oct. 2018 Here’s how to rock the red, white, and blue this Fourth of July without any of the cornball risks or dorky potential for disaster. — Yang-yi Goh, GQ, "17 Fourth of July Menswear Buys That’ll Outshine the Fireworks," 3 July 2018 An angry young looker (Carlen Altman) and her tall, dorky brother (Perry) set off on a car trip to reclaim her stuff from the broadcasting professor who's just terminated their teacher-student romance. — Patrick Friel, Chicago Reader, "Chicagoans / Comedy / Film / LGBTQ+ / Music / On Video Chicago Underground Film Festival at 25: A look back," 4 June 2018 At times, this final season became too distracted by the romantic travails of its breakout character, Sue Heck (Eden Sher), the eternally earnest, sweetly dorky middle child of the series’ central Heck family. — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, "The Middle wraps its run as TV’s most perpetually underrated comedy," 27 May 2018 Drillbit Taylor Remember when Josh Peck went from being the dorky kid in high school on Drake & Josh to a vicious bully who nearly got in a fistfight with Owen Wilson? — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, "12 Nostalgic Movies You Need To Binge-Watch On Amazon Prime STAT," 15 Aug. 2017 Her daughter’s increasingly unhinged behavior is threatening her romance with a kind (if incredibly dorky) man who’s moved into their home. — Barbara Vandenburgh, azcentral, "‘Flower’ proves how hard it is to write a teenage girl," 22 Mar. 2018 Whatever the case, here are a few suggestions for treating your dorky lover. — Jeff Dunn, Ars Technica, "The 2018 Ars Technica Valentine’s Day gift guide," 9 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dorky.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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