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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
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.
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Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 1 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
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
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Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 1 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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for baddie
Noun
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She's gone toe to toe with Marvel villains, T-rexes and Bill Murray.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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Race is one of many concerns in Vineland, but One Battle After Another sets itself apart as a studio film with vividly, absurdly ugly racist villains, arguing satirically but unflinchingly that white supremacy continues to be the guiding principle for American power.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Warren returned, had a monster season and was drafted 14th overall in April by the Colts.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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When the behavior is incorrect, words can ignite something terrible in someone else and that monster can just grow and grow.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Baddie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baddie. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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