baddie

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baddie

  • /ˈbædi/ US, UK

Rhymes with -ædi

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From bad + -ie.

noun baddies · baddy

  1. informal A person of bad character, especially in a work of fiction. In a western, the baddie typically wears a black hat.

    Similar: antagonist, evildoer, villain · Opposite: goodie

  2. neologism, slang 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.
  3. broadly, neologism, slang An attractive person. I didn't realize my professor was dating an absolute baddie; I didn't know he had motion like that.

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noun a person of bad character in a work of fiction

Portuguêsvilão, vilã
Françaisméchant
DeutschBösewicht
Русскийотрица́тельный геро́й/персона́ж otricátelʹnyj gerój/personáž, плохо́й ploxój, плохи́ш ploxíš, злоде́й zlodéj

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@misc{baddie_2026,
  title = {baddie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/baddie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}