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or baddy
as in villain
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
the actor has never been cast as a hero, but he's played every kind of baddie imaginable
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Recent Examples of baddie
Letscher, so unlike his character, played the baddie so well: cold, calculated, and heartless.
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 19 May 2025
The Enterprise follows in order to keep the bionic baddies from altering humanity’s past and destroying its future.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 30 June 2025
Wilson exercises a newfound, assured confidence and muscular drive, punching and kicking baddies — a welcome change from the sort of cheap pratfalls she’s been subjected to in the past.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 16 June 2025
In the pantheon of Bond villains, turncoats from MI6 have often served as some of the best baddies.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 19 May 2025
The Enterprise follows in order to keep the bionic baddies from altering humanity’s past and destroying its future.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 30 June 2025
Wilson exercises a newfound, assured confidence and muscular drive, punching and kicking baddies — a welcome change from the sort of cheap pratfalls she’s been subjected to in the past.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 16 June 2025
In the pantheon of Bond villains, turncoats from MI6 have often served as some of the best baddies.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for baddie
Noun
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Matthias Schoenaerts signed on as the film's villain, Krem of the Yellow Hills, in September 2024, per Deadline, and a few months later, Jason Momoa confirmed his casting as the violent intergalactic bounty hunter, Lobo.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
12 July 2025
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But just to use an example, Force Awakens sets up Snoke as the big villain of the new trilogy, with a mysterious backstory.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
12 July 2025
Noun
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Call of Cthulhu flipped a lot of gaming conventions on their head with characters that degraded over time and scenarios that rewarded fleeing monsters instead of slaying them.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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Murphy also ordered the feds to provide the monsters with interpreters and counsel.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
2 July 2025
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“Baddie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baddie. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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