Etymology

This adjective form came from the noun form of a dork, which means a dull stupid fatuous person or a jerk.

dorky

Adjective

1. stupid, foolish, dumb, fatuous
   
   
2. crazy, insane
   
   
3. dull
   
   
4. old-fashioned
   
   
5. weird, strange, kinky, geeky
   
   

Synonyms

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• stupid
• foolish
• dumb
• dopy
• goosey
• gooselike
• nerdy
• nerdish
• fatuous
• asinine
• vacuous
• mindless
• inane
• crazy
• insane
• demented
• dull
• old-fashioned
• weird
• strange
• kinky
• geeky

Usage

Except for the fact that I’m a white girl with long hair and a dopey smile who made the embarrassing blunder of leaving her Raiders cap at home, I look exactly like Dr. Dre. This is my first thought when I see the Polaroid. I just stuck my head through the hole in a giant plywood reproduction of The Chronic album cover, substituting my mug for Dre’s, and I’m trying to convince myself that I’m only 75 percent as dorky as I look. My cowlick keeps me stuck at 95 percent. I hope I haven’t dishonored G-funk’s favorite physician.

dorkify

verb

1. make something or somebody dorky
   
   
2. debase
   
   
3. make nerdy or unwieldy
   
   

Synonyms

• stupefy
• debase
• corrupt
• debauch

Usage

You know, you dorkify everything you touch. Nice blouse, nice skirt—but stripes and plaids don’t match. Change something.