"baddie" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbædi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-baddie.wav [Southern-England] Forms: baddies [plural]
Rhymes: -ædi Etymology: bad + -ie. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bad|ie}} bad + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} baddie (plural baddies)
  1. (informal) A person of bad character, especially in a work of fiction. Tags: informal Synonyms: antagonist, evildoer, villain Translations (a person of bad character in a work of fiction): skurk [common-gender] (Danish), slechterik [masculine] (Dutch), pahis (Finnish), méchant [masculine] (French), Bösewicht [masculine] (German), czarny charakter [masculine] (Polish), отрица́тельный геро́й/персона́ж (otricátelʹnyj gerój/personáž) [masculine] (Russian), плохо́й (ploxój) [masculine] (Russian), плохи́ш (ploxíš) [colloquial, masculine] (Russian), злоде́й (zlodéj) [masculine] (Russian), skurk [common-gender] (Swedish), bov [common-gender] (Swedish), dihiryn [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-baddie-en-noun-LDGeBJQ8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ie Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'a person of bad character in a work of fiction': 96 4
  2. (neologism, slang) An attractive, confident woman, especially one who is a social media influencer. Tags: neologism, slang Categories (topical): Social media
    Sense id: en-baddie-en-noun-F5t~NjBz Disambiguation of Social media: 42 58 Categories (other): English neologisms
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: baddy Related terms: badling

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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