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or baddy
as in villain
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
the actor has never been cast as a hero, but he's played every kind of baddie imaginable
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Recent Examples of baddie
What Kids Like: Kevin's ingenuity saves the day and puts the baddies away.
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Suelain Moy, Parents, 14 Dec. 2025
Good baddie acting from Garcia!
—William Earl, Variety, 30 Nov. 2025
If Elphaba has embraced her role as Oz’s baddie, Glinda has taken things a step further as the land’s number one goody-two-shoes.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 18 Nov. 2025
Olympian and the gymnastics GOAT Simone Biles is taking a break from her sport to focus on WAG and baddie life.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 5 Nov. 2025
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Suelain Moy, Parents, 14 Dec. 2025
Good baddie acting from Garcia!
—William Earl, Variety, 30 Nov. 2025
If Elphaba has embraced her role as Oz’s baddie, Glinda has taken things a step further as the land’s number one goody-two-shoes.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 18 Nov. 2025
Olympian and the gymnastics GOAT Simone Biles is taking a break from her sport to focus on WAG and baddie life.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for baddie
Noun
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As the now-45-year-old driver was announced at each racetrack in 2025, Hamlin, after years of embracing the role of villain in a sport in desperate need of one, had a heel-turn to the light.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Feb. 2026
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Built into an old limestone quarry, the winery felt like a Bond villain’s secret lair—sleek, subterranean, and wildly impressive.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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For much of his career, Skarsgård has gravitated toward characters who weaponize physical presence — Vikings, tech titans and mythic brutes whose power is immediately legible.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
9 Jan. 2026
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As usual, Lang plays the brute’s Heart of Darkness–esque descent into madness with gleeful relish.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
19 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The couple has clearly created a monster.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
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Or a family battling an evil monster.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Baddie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baddie. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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