dorky

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adjective

Like a dork.

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dorkish
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Meanings

adjectivedorky (comparative dorkier, superlative dorkiest)

comparative dorkier · superlative dorkiest

  1. Like a dork.

    Anyway this dorky guy asks Sallyfrass to dance and she kind of likes him...

    1998, Dana Redfield, Lucy Blue and the Daughters of Light, →ISBN
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    I entitled the piece "Dorky", dork being slang for a person who does not belong to popular groups, usually an outsider, an odd person, sometimes inept, other times cranky.

    1962, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Last year at Marienbad, page 167

    Synonyms: dorkish

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveLike a dork.

Similar
dorkish

Origin

From dork + -y.

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APA

dorky. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorky

MLA

“dorky.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorky. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dorky,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorky.

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