baddie

noun bad·die \ ˈba-dē \

variants: or baddy

Definition of baddie

plural baddies

informal

:a bad person or thing; especially :an opponent of the hero (as in fiction or motion pictures)

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the actor has never been cast as a hero, but he's played every kind of baddie imaginable

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In the digital world, attributing attacks isn’t as simple as peeling off a disguise to reveal a baddie.

— robert hackett, Fortune, "Meet CrowdStrike’s Dmitri Alperovitch, Cyber Spy Hunter," 23 Aug. 2017
The film’s intricately choreographed opening sequence is like a video game, with the audience taking the perspective of an unidentified assailant, shooting, stabbing and hacking their way through a warehouse of baddies.

— charles taylor, Newsweek, "'The Villainess' Beats 'Atomic Blonde' as Best Revenge Film of the Summer," 21 Aug. 2017
With his Neo-like prescience with six-shooters, forged from the metal of Excalibur, the carnage Roland unleashes on droves of unsuspecting baddies is easily the highlight of an otherwise uninspired vomit of action sequences.

— richard white, Popular Mechanics, "'The Dark Tower' Is a Gunslinging Disaster," 8 Aug. 2017
First, Frank chases two baddies before gunning them down andr unning them over with his van in rural Alabama.

— chris e. hayner, The Hollywood Reporter, "Comic-Con: Marvel Showcases Super Team-Up 'The Defenders' (and 'Punisher')," 21 July 2017
The baddie this go-round is Adrian Toomes, aka the Vulture, played by the aforementioned Keaton.

— david frese, kansascity.com, "‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ does whatever the other ‘Spider-Mans’ can — only better," 5 July 2017
Crash figures out who the true baddies are with a bit of help from Daisy’s assistant Nell Burns.

— jean marie brown, star-telegram.com, "‘Some Kind of Hero’ remains heroic to the end," 4 July 2017
Things get complicated when Peter learns of his unexpected connection to the winged baddie.

— carly mallenbaum, USA TODAY, "How to tell the three movie Spider-Men apart (including Tom Holland)," 3 July 2017
Most dastardly foe Garfield's Amazing sequel is heavy on baddies.

— carly mallenbaum, USA TODAY, "How to tell the three movie Spider-Men apart (including Tom Holland)," 3 July 2017

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First Known Use of baddie

1872

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Synonyms

villain (or baddy), beast, brute, caitiff, devil, evildoer, fiend, heavy, hound, knave, meanie (also meany), miscreant, monster, nazi, no-good, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, savage, scalawag (or scallywag), scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, varlet, wretch

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villainess; blackguard; criminal, crook, culprit, felon, lawbreaker, malefactor, offender, perp, perpetrator, transgressor; sinner, trespasser, wrongdoer; cad, heel, serpent, snake, viper; bandit, bravo, desperado, outlaw; con, convict, jailbird; assassin, cutthroat, gangster, goon, gunman, hoodlum, hooligan, racketeer, ruffian, thug; rough, rowdy, tough; loser, lowlife, ne'er-do-well, stinker, trash

Near Antonyms

angel, innocent, saint; hero

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