"bad guy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bad guys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bad guy (plural bad guys)
  1. (informal) a villain, particularly an antagonist in a story. Wikipedia link: villain Tags: informal Categories (topical): People, Stock characters Synonyms: villain Related terms: bad boy, bad girl, baddie Translations (a villain): 壞人 (Chinese Mandarin), 坏人 (huàirén) (Chinese Mandarin), 壞蛋 (Chinese Mandarin), 坏蛋 (huàidàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 惡人 (Chinese Mandarin), 恶人 (èrén) (Chinese Mandarin), pahis (Finnish), vastustaja (Finnish), mauvais garçon [masculine] (French), méchant [masculine] (French), Bösewicht [masculine] (German), Böser [informal, masculine] (German), Missetäter [honorific, masculine] (German), Schurke [masculine] (German), orang jahat (Indonesian), cattivista [masculine] (Italian), 悪者 (warumono) (alt: わるもの) (Japanese), 悪人 (alt: あくにん, akunin, わろびと, warubito) (Japanese), 악인 (agin) (Korean), плохо́й па́рень (ploxój párenʹ) [calque, masculine] (Russian), злоде́й (zlodéj) [masculine] (Russian), плохо́й (ploxój) [masculine] (Russian), bov [common-gender] (Swedish), skurk [common-gender] (Swedish), ful typ [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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