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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
For my corporate baddies who have thought about dabbling into entrepreneurship Nicaila Matthews Okome has created the blueprint.
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 23 Sep. 2025
Her basic skillset mirrors the knight’s; armed with a sword-like needle, Hornet can attack in close range melee both forward and up, and descend on baddies with a downward strike that doubles as a bouncing mechanism to propel further.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
Take Annabelle, the franchise’s most frequent baddie.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Nagarjuna, who plays baddie Simon, is the recipient of two National Film Awards and 10 Nandi Awards, the latter of which are given to celebrate work in Telugu-language films.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 23 Sep. 2025
Her basic skillset mirrors the knight’s; armed with a sword-like needle, Hornet can attack in close range melee both forward and up, and descend on baddies with a downward strike that doubles as a bouncing mechanism to propel further.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
Take Annabelle, the franchise’s most frequent baddie.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Nagarjuna, who plays baddie Simon, is the recipient of two National Film Awards and 10 Nandi Awards, the latter of which are given to celebrate work in Telugu-language films.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for baddie
Noun
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The cast also includes Eugene Byrd as a young version of classic Spider-Man villain Tombstone, Hugh Dancy as Otto Octavius, MCU star Charlie Cox as Daredevil, Kari Wahlgren as Aunt May, Aleks Le as Amadeus Cho and Jonathan Medina as the villainous Scorpion.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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The tournaments pit heroes like Liu Kang, Raiden, and Sonya Blade against such villains as Shang Tsung, Shao Kahn, and Scorpion.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
11 Oct. 2025
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Their 7-3 win over the Cubs in Game 2 of the other NLDS matchup was powered solely by three monster home runs.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Season 3 picks up with the Monster Association arc, as S-class heroes band together to rescue a hostage taken by monsters claiming affiliation with the villainous organization.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Baddie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baddie. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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