bad guy
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bad guy
noun bad guys
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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.
Similar: villain
Opposite: good guy
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noun
Opposite: good guy
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Talk about this word "bad guy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bad%20guy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bad guy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bad%20guy "bad guy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bad%20guy.Cite this
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title = {bad guy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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