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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Raven Tracy and Kayla Nicole, two additional Summit panelists, teach us that the real baddies cultivate self love, and love for others in supportive, inclusive ways.
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Essence, 10 Oct. 2024
Benoît Magimel also features in the cast as a ruthless plantation owner, alongside Camille Cottin, in a rare baddie role as domineering slave catcher Madame La Victoire.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2024
Everyone’s second-favorite speedy blue hedgehog is back to fight more baddies, and this time, the gloves come off stay on again.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2024
Unsurprisingly, their union is threatened by the arrival of Electro (Jamie Foxx), a current-controlling baddie who was formerly mild-mannered scientist Max Dillon.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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Essence, 10 Oct. 2024
Benoît Magimel also features in the cast as a ruthless plantation owner, alongside Camille Cottin, in a rare baddie role as domineering slave catcher Madame La Victoire.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2024
Everyone’s second-favorite speedy blue hedgehog is back to fight more baddies, and this time, the gloves come off stay on again.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2024
Unsurprisingly, their union is threatened by the arrival of Electro (Jamie Foxx), a current-controlling baddie who was formerly mild-mannered scientist Max Dillon.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Baddie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baddie. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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