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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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After meeting a whistleblower (Taylour Paige) aiming to reveal the company’s poisonous shenanigans, Winston runs afoul of punk-band baddies who toss him and his radioactive mop into a toxic-waste pool, and the reluctant superdude becomes a popular folk hero standing up for the people who need him.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
The as-yet-nameless Vezda lifeform wouldn't be much cop as baddies if their prison — where dimensions cross over, and normal concepts of cause and effect are turned upside down — was enough to hold them.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 7 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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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
The as-yet-nameless Vezda lifeform wouldn't be much cop as baddies if their prison — where dimensions cross over, and normal concepts of cause and effect are turned upside down — was enough to hold them.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 7 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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for baddie
Noun
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Vineland’s repressive villain Brock Vond ends ferried to hell by two Eastside vatos locos, while the hippie father Zoyd reunites with his daughter at an anarchist family picnic.—
John Lopez,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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There are villains in every episode and the story uses them to showcase some societal issues.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The core idea of the enemy — a monster that can be anywhere or anyone — sounds great, but the demo just wasn't enjoyable to play.—
Echo Apsey,
Space.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Players must navigate nightmarish mazes where monsters lurk at every turn.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Baddie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baddie. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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