bad boy

noun

: a person who flouts convention
a literary bad boy

Examples of bad boy in a Sentence

He has become known as the bad boy of the American television industry.
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But the group’s mentor never foresaw her protégé falling for a bad boy like Juni, who’s got a couple secrets up his sleeve as well. Peter Debruge, Variety, 21 June 2025 The series centers on Tessa Young (Josephine Langford), who meets enigmatic bad boy Hardin Scott (Hero Fiennes Tiffin) at college. Megan Vick, EW.com, 17 May 2025 McVey will play Blue, a haunted bad boy, now a firefighter. Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 3 June 2025 Gore, who had always played the Boy Scout to Bill Clinton’s bad boy, was found to have been front and center in the effort to sell access to the administration. Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for bad boy

Word History

First Known Use

1860, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bad boy was in 1860

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“Bad boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bad%20boy. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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