duped

¹

[ doopt, dyoopt ]

adjective

1. deceived, fooled, or tricked:

   There are no duped people in this sequence of events, only those who have chosen to remain willfully ignorant.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of dupe ¹( def ).

duped

²

[ doopt, dyoopt ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. (especially of recorded sound or images) duplicated.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of dupe ²( def ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of duped¹

dupe ¹( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Origin of duped²

dupe ²( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

Among the many lies McDonald told the women he duped was that his mother was dying of cancer.

From BBC

“I wanted to see what it would be like for Tegan to interact with these people” who’d been duped into thinking they knew her, the director says.

From Los Angeles Times

Natural disasters, accidents, mass shootings, pandemics, wars and election outcomes are never what they seem, but the intentional result of those nefarious plotters who choreograph the crisis actors putting on the performances the rest of us are duped by.

From Salon

If you believe that organic pesticides are inherently safer than nonorganic pesticides, that sodium chloride is different from table salt, or that “plant-based” necessarily means “nontoxic,” you have been duped by chemophobia.

From Slate

If you believe that organic pesticides are inherently safer than nonorganic pesticides, that sodium chloride is different from table salt, or that “plant-based” necessarily means “nontoxic,” you have been duped by chemophobia.

From Slate

Related Words

• confounded
• confused
• deceived
• deluded
• fooled
• misguided
• misinformed
• misinterpreting
• misjudging
• misled
• tricked