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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Her basic skillset mirrors the knight’s; armed with a sword-like needle, Hornet can attack in close range melee both forward and up, and descend on baddies with a downward strike that doubles as a bouncing mechanism to propel further.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
Take Annabelle, the franchise’s most frequent baddie.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
DiNozzo is retired from law enforcement and running a security team that’s been hired by Interpol for some critical tasks, only to run into at least one baddie double-agent and possibly more.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
The idea is to navigate tight and claustrophobic paths in between enemy projectiles by nimbly flying around and blasting the baddies with your craft’s weapons.
—Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
Take Annabelle, the franchise’s most frequent baddie.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
DiNozzo is retired from law enforcement and running a security team that’s been hired by Interpol for some critical tasks, only to run into at least one baddie double-agent and possibly more.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
The idea is to navigate tight and claustrophobic paths in between enemy projectiles by nimbly flying around and blasting the baddies with your craft’s weapons.
—Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for baddie
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“Baddie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baddie. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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