Definition of baddie
baddies
informal
: a bad person or thing; especially : an opponent of the hero (as in fiction or motion pictures)
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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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The baddie this go-round is Adrian Toomes, aka the Vulture, played by the aforementioned Keaton.
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Crash figures out who the true baddies are with a bit of help from Daisy’s assistant Nell Burns.
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Things get complicated when Peter learns of his unexpected connection to the winged baddie.
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Most dastardly foe Garfield's Amazing sequel is heavy on baddies.
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Meanwhile, anyone who still questions online dating is a dial-up dummy who needs to get with us broadband baddies.
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The good-humored cast is endearing all round, even the baddies.
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Another baddie, Fisheye, was an effeminate gay man who played with gender presentation.
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The baddie, too, is less operatic: Michael Keaton plays a more or less regular guy who turned super-villain.
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First Known Use of baddie
1872
BADDIE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of baddie for English Language Learners
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: a bad person in a book, movie, etc.
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