variants
or baddy
plural baddies
informal
: a bad person or thing
especially
: an opponent of the hero (as in fiction or motion pictures)
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Slang Meaning of Baddie
Baddie has a slang meaning, referring to someone (usually a woman) who is confident, stylish, and attractive. Learn more >
Examples of baddie in a Sentence
the actor has never been cast as a hero, but he's played every kind of baddie imaginable
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No way would the baddies and their Dodge Charger R/T get anywhere near this 2025 version of the icon (although, to be accurate, Frank Bullitt’s motor is a '68).
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Iain MacAuley, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
McClane gets roped into the threat when he's tasked with transporting white-hat computer whiz Matt Farrell (Justin Long), who Olyphant's baddie wants dead.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2025
With baddies coming from both sides of the screen, and often from above or below, the key is quickly recognizing and reacting to multiple threats with precision, chaining together attacks in fluid motions.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2025
Meanwhile, Sue has to use her powers to make the ship invisible between her contractions in order to hide it from the baddies.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 25 July 2025
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Iain MacAuley, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
McClane gets roped into the threat when he's tasked with transporting white-hat computer whiz Matt Farrell (Justin Long), who Olyphant's baddie wants dead.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2025
With baddies coming from both sides of the screen, and often from above or below, the key is quickly recognizing and reacting to multiple threats with precision, chaining together attacks in fluid motions.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2025
Meanwhile, Sue has to use her powers to make the ship invisible between her contractions in order to hide it from the baddies.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 25 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for baddie
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“Baddie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baddie. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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