baddie
/ˈbædi/
baddie noun: a person of bad character, especially in a work of fiction.
Noun
baddie (plural baddies)
- A person of bad character, especially in a work of fiction.
- In a western, the baddie typically wears a black hat.
- All the press, the people and their elected leaders want to know who are the goodies and who are the baddies.1986 February 13, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “A Victory for Democracy”, in Yes, Prime Minister, season 1, episode 6, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne)
- Synonyms:
- antagonist, evildoer, villain
- Antonyms:
- goodie
- An attractive, confident woman, especially one who is a social media influencer.
- Aside from all of the abstract aspects (things we cannot see), you do not have to be an Instagram model/baddie to be a bad bitch.2020, Kenshi Hayabusa, The Road to Becoming a Bad Bitch: How I Overcame Low-Self Esteem and Negativity, Hayabusa Publishing, →ISBN, page 56
- All day long, she can immerse herself in the world of crop tops and contour and IG “baddies” that do not look like any Indian girl she knows.2021, Priya-Alika Elias, Besharam: On Love and Other Bad Behaviors, Chicago: Chicago Review Press, →ISBN
- An attractive person.
- I didn't realize my professor was dating an absolute baddie; I didn't know he had motion like that.
Examples of baddie in a sentence
- What really gets to me in these goodies versus baddies movies is just how useless the baddies are.1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 127:
- Have you noticed that our caps have actually got little pictures of skulls on them… Hans, are we the baddies?2006, That Mitchell and Webb Look, season 1, episode 1 (television production), spoken by Fritz (Robert Webb):
- It’s important not to brand all the Russians as the baddies in the world.2022 May 2, Peter Coy, quoting Alexandra Vacroux, “Putin’s Failure to Hold on to the Educated Could Be the World’s Gain”, in The New York...
- Miriam noted that Instagram had “Insta baddies,” who made names for themselves by posing “with scandalous clothes on and maybe they'll have a bunch of makeup on.”2021, Shauna Pomerantz, Miriam Field, “A TikTok Assemblage: Girlhood, Radical Media Engagement, and Parent–Child Generativity”, in Fiona...
Synonyms of baddie
Antonyms
Forms of baddie
| plural | baddies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | baddy |
Origin of baddie
From bad + -ie.
Words that rhyme with baddie
Questions about baddie
- What does baddie mean?
- Baddie means a person of bad character, especially in a work of fiction.
- How do you use baddie in a sentence?
- What really gets to me in these goodies versus baddies movies is just how useless the baddies are.
- What part of speech is baddie?
- Baddie is a noun.
- How do you pronounce baddie?
- Baddie is pronounced /ˈbædi/.
- What is the plural of baddie?
- The plural of baddie is baddies.
Words near baddie in the dictionary
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