baddie
Americannoun
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baddies
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a villainous or criminal person.
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Slang. a person who is perceived as attractive and self-assured, especially a woman.
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But the movie needs him to be the baddie, so he reverts to evildoing for no apparent reason.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
Smoking in a raffish suit like a film noir baddie with a shock of red hair ready to torch the world, Noble’s Richard employs a dusky, ironic voice to flaying effect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
Alongside Berlin-based club DJ MCR-T, and a propulsive synth line from Kylie Minogue’s “Can’t Get You Out of My Head,” the Buenos Aires baddie crafts one of the chicest earworms of the year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
The sleepy town of Hawkins is under quarantine as the show’s heroes search for a way to find and vanquish the baddie Vecna.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
Or maybe it was just some random baddie, heading for the Doors of Death.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Perhaps Mitchell and Webb's best known sketch, which sees them both dressed as Nazis while begging the question: "are we the baddies?"
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
In the minds of some retrograde dweebs, representing these baddies with a woman who could play Barbie was sacrilege.
From Salon ● May 5, 2026
Put it this way: At least seven James Bond movies feature 007 outracing baddies on the slopes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
What’s it going to take for these militarized Earthlings to realize they’re the baddies?
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025
And now we stood here, fake-smoking like the baddest of the baddies.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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