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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Slang Meaning of Baddie
Baddie has a slang meaning, referring to someone (usually a woman) who is confident, stylish, and attractive. Learn more >
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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Daisy Ridley's Rey is wicked smart and a capable hero in a universe with the baddies of the First Order on the warpath.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 May 2025
Expect a lot of blood, a lot of narration, and hopefully some kind of comeuppance for our brunet baddie.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
However, as the bullish baddie is transporting his hot goods, Maxine launches an escape, sending Ty hurtling, separating the siblings with no hope of a reunion.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 17 Apr. 2025
The only thing that stretches credulity more than a woman president who picks up an automatic weapon to blast a gang of baddies at a global economic summit is the idea of a woman president, period.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 May 2025
Expect a lot of blood, a lot of narration, and hopefully some kind of comeuppance for our brunet baddie.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
However, as the bullish baddie is transporting his hot goods, Maxine launches an escape, sending Ty hurtling, separating the siblings with no hope of a reunion.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 17 Apr. 2025
The only thing that stretches credulity more than a woman president who picks up an automatic weapon to blast a gang of baddies at a global economic summit is the idea of a woman president, period.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Baddie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baddie. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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