variants
or baddy
plural baddies
informal
: a bad person or thing
especially
: an opponent of the hero (as in fiction or motion pictures)
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Examples of baddie in a Sentence
the actor has never been cast as a hero, but he's played every kind of baddie imaginable
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The sequel brings back Steve Carell as Gru, a recovering supervillain turned secret agent, and pits him against Will Ferrell as a French baddie named Maxime Le Mal.
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Brent Lang, Variety, 4 July 2024
And on Stranger Things, Jamie Campbell Bower—who also played a smokin' young version of Harry Potter baddie Grindelwald in the Fantastic Beasts movies—is definitely bringing thirst trap energy to his portrayal of young Vecna.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 3 July 2024
The baddie in this scenario is entirely of our own making: avarice and urban sprawl come to bite us in the ass.
—Hazlitt, 19 June 2024
As our collective fears shift, so do the baddies that stand in for them.
—Hazlitt, 19 June 2024
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Brent Lang, Variety, 4 July 2024
And on Stranger Things, Jamie Campbell Bower—who also played a smokin' young version of Harry Potter baddie Grindelwald in the Fantastic Beasts movies—is definitely bringing thirst trap energy to his portrayal of young Vecna.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 3 July 2024
The baddie in this scenario is entirely of our own making: avarice and urban sprawl come to bite us in the ass.
—Hazlitt, 19 June 2024
As our collective fears shift, so do the baddies that stand in for them.
—Hazlitt, 19 June 2024
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“Baddie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baddie. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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