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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the actor has never been cast as a hero, but he's played every kind of baddie imaginable
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The four main cast members — Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach — even appeared at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alab., to debut the trailer, so expect outer space (and a certain planet-munching baddie) to play a big part in the proceedings.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Therefore, the baddies will do various sneaky ploys of wording their requests to slip under the radar of the language-level circuit breakers.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Reese isn’t the only WNBA baddie to show off a few moves, as Los Angeles Sparks forward Cameron Brink recently flaunted her abs alongside Sparks teammate and Unrivaled league participant Rae Burrell, hitting us with a few dances via TikTok.
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Sony has otherwise yet to produce a comic book hit from its offshoots led by tertiary Spider-Man baddies.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 15 Dec. 2024
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Therefore, the baddies will do various sneaky ploys of wording their requests to slip under the radar of the language-level circuit breakers.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Reese isn’t the only WNBA baddie to show off a few moves, as Los Angeles Sparks forward Cameron Brink recently flaunted her abs alongside Sparks teammate and Unrivaled league participant Rae Burrell, hitting us with a few dances via TikTok.
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Sony has otherwise yet to produce a comic book hit from its offshoots led by tertiary Spider-Man baddies.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Baddie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baddie. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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