baddies

plural of baddie

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of baddies So many songs for Black Star were born in the strip club or in the midst of baddies. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025 The second film, in theaters now via Lionsgate, finds the actor much more in control after being terrorized by the mysterious title baddies in the first film, a reimagining of the 2008 hit. William Earl, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025 For my corporate baddies who have thought about dabbling into entrepreneurship Nicaila Matthews Okome has created the blueprint. Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 23 Sep. 2025 The idea is to navigate tight and claustrophobic paths in between enemy projectiles by nimbly flying around and blasting the baddies with your craft’s weapons. Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025 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. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for baddies
Noun
  • Yet if the Dodgers are to be cast as villains from the Book of Samuel, Toronto brought to the fight far more than pebbles.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • For the 2017 Dress to Be Free Halloween Party at House of Yes in New York City, Cardi B went as one of Disney's most notorious villains.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • An extermination of the brutes in the Middle East, presided over by Obama’s successors, has been followed by a swift cancellation by Trumpian decree of the postracial age.
    Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Some are slow and heavy brutes that have tons of health while others are slightly but deal more damage.
    Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The project — which chronicles the adventures of Huntrix, a K-pop girl group comprising three members who just happen to also fight monsters from the underworld — has been a surprise hit for the streamer, and its soundtrack has spent several weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart.
    Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Based on legal proceedings and real investigations, The Monster of Florence revisits one of Italy’s darkest chapters through the eyes of those accused over the years—the possible monsters—exposing how hysteria and speculation blurred the line between truth and myth.
    Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • To suggest that another candidate’s supporters are criminals — particularly when that candidate is, by all measures, poised to win at least a plurality of votes in the city — does not seem like a recipe for earning New Yorkers’ support.
    New York Times, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Binance also lacked protocols — standard for financial services companies — to report transactions for money laundering risks, according to the Justice Department, and employees were well aware that such an oversight would invite criminals to the platform.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Baddies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baddies. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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