baddie
Americannoun
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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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I’m a baddie who knows my worth and that’s what I wanted to embrace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 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
"We have all the brilliant classic pantomime elements: a beastly baddie, a heroic heroine, amazing dance routines and side-splitting comedy," said Ms Wood.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025
Near the start there’s a scene where Clint Eastwood doesn't know if he has a bullet left in his gun to shoot the baddie.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
In the minds of some retrograde dweebs, representing these baddies with a woman who could play Barbie was sacrilege.
From Salon ● May 5, 2026
Like other baddies of his era, McDonald grew up poor during the Great Depression.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
A class of seven and eight-year-olds fizz with excitement, with no real idea about the comedy timing, over-the-top baddies and "behind you" jokes ahead of them.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
I was really angry about all that, and I wanted to use the show to have a group catharsis again, where the baddies get done, and the good people come out on top.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2024
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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