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bad guys

bad guys is the plural of bad guy.

Meaning of bad guy

Noun

bad guy (plural bad guys)

  1. (informal) a villain, particularly an antagonist in a story.
    • Perversely, we love John Wick himself. That lethal, bereaved assassin is a good bad guy for our times, the natural extension of Tony Soprano, Walter White and all the other heroic antiheroes the culture has embraced.2023 March 14, Caryn James, “John Wick: Chapter 4: 'Soars above most action films'”, in BBC, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2026
    Synonyms:
    villain

Questions about bad guys

What is bad guys the plural of?
Bad guys is the plural of bad guy.

Words near bad guys in the dictionary

  1. Bad Gastein
  2. bad girl
  3. bad girls
  4. Bad Godesberg
  5. bad guy
  6. bad guys
  7. bad hair day
  8. bad hair days
  9. bad hat
  10. bad hats
  11. Bad Honnef

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