badass
[bad-as]Slang: Vulgar.
adjective Also bad·assed.
(of a person) difficult to deal with; mean-tempered; touchy.
distinctively tough or powerful; so exceptional as to be intimidating.
noun
a mean-tempered troublemaker.
Origin of badass
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Related Words for badass
agitator, rebel, demagogue, dissident, fighter, sparkplug, renegade, frondeurExamples from the Web for badass
Contemporary Examples of badass
This is a new version of Catman, his past is yet to be told, but an ordeal made him not just badass, but flawed, deeply flawed.
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It can happen to the guy playing a badass on Sons of Anarchy.
She is a badass who can take down any opponent that stands in her way, regardless of gender.
For a second there, diehard conservatives thought the Texas governor was something of a badass.
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