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# baddie

noun (a baddie, baddies)

«baddie» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (informal) A baddie is a bad person or villain in a story, film or game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baddie/#m1)
2. (informal) A baddie can be any person or thing seen as the cause of trouble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baddie/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories, films and play: goodies and baddies; in talk about books and plays, the baddie is the villain or antagonist; it tells you who the reader should be against.

### Examples

- The baddie in the film had a secret lair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baddie/#x1)
- We played goodies and baddies in the playground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baddie/#x2)
- In fairy tales, the wolf is often the baddie. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baddie/#x3)
- The baddies got caught at the end. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baddie/#x4)
- Sugar is sometimes made the baddie of healthy eating. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baddie/#x5)

### Note

Informal; in essays write «villain» or «antagonist». Also spelt «baddy». Plural: baddies. Opposite: goodie (goody).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «baddie» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baddie/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«baddie» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/baddie.html) on Mova free.