Meaning

3 senses
  1. (informal)A person of bad character, especially in a work of fiction.

    In a western, the baddie typically wears a black hat.

    Bösewicht

    отрица́тельный геро́й/персона́жotricátelʹnyj gerój/personáž, плохо́йploxój, плохи́шploxíš

    the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction

  2. (neologism, slang)An attractive, confident woman, especially one who is a social media influencer.

  3. An attractive, confident woman, especially one who is a social media influencer.

    (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.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The worse the baddie, the better the film.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
a person of bad character in a work of fiction:
Deutsch
a person of bad character in a work of fiction:

Origin

From bad + -ie.

From bad + -ie.

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Forms

plural: baddies
Singularbaddie
Pluralbaddies

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction:villain

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbadling

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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