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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
In addition to classic villains like Joker, Bane, Penguin, Riddler, Poison Ivy, Two-Face and Mister Freeze, there are more obscure baddies like Condiment King and Kite-Man lurking around the city.
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Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
22 May 2026
And that the Empire is, in fact, the baddie in the Star Wars universe.
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Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
In his films, there are no baddies, and yet the stories work so well.
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Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
The villain-combo movie would put the breathing-apparatus Batman baddie, Bane, back on screen for his first appearance since 2012’s Christopher Nolan-directed The Dark Knight Rises, then portrayed by Tom Hardy.
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Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
8 May 2026
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Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
22 May 2026
And that the Empire is, in fact, the baddie in the Star Wars universe.
—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
In his films, there are no baddies, and yet the stories work so well.
—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
The villain-combo movie would put the breathing-apparatus Batman baddie, Bane, back on screen for his first appearance since 2012’s Christopher Nolan-directed The Dark Knight Rises, then portrayed by Tom Hardy.
—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for baddie
Noun
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Together, the band brings to life a mythic world of ancient heroes and villains, attracting an excited audience of headbangers and fantasy fanatics, many of whom show up in costume.
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The performance earned her the award for best villain at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards.
Noun
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Shinnecock was still a brute of a test, but the red numbers on the white scoreboard were an unfamiliar site for this course.
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These brutes commonly exceed 50 pounds.
Noun
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Go on, put the 131-cube (2,147 cc) monster engine into that one.
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There’s no way the doll monsters at the pond were the whole point of the Lake of Tears, right?
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“Baddie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baddie. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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