Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

baddie

/ˈbædi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

Syllables: bad-die
IPA: /ˈbædi/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person of bad character, especially in a work of fiction.

Informal

noun

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

Slang

noun

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

Slang

Example Sentences

"In a western, the baddie typically wears a black hat."
"All the press, the people and their elected leaders want to know who are the goodies and who are the baddies."
"What really gets to me in these goodies versus baddies movies is just how useless the baddies are."
"Have you noticed that our caps have actually got little pictures of skulls on them… Hans, are we the baddies?"
"It’s important not to brand all the Russians as the baddies in the world."
"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."

Etymology

From bad + -ie.

Usage

Inflected Forms

baddies (plural) baddy (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

badling

Synonyms

antagonist evildoer villain

Antonyms

goodie

Rhymes With

daddy paddy plastic paddy maddy caddy addy caddie laddie laddy haddy zaddy haddie

Questions

How do you pronounce baddie?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbædi/.
What does baddie mean?: A person of bad character, especially in a work of fiction.
Where does baddie come from?: From bad + -ie.

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