1. villains or antagonists in stories, movies, or games
Usage: informal
2. people who behave badly or do wrong things
Usage: informal

Examples

• The superhero movie had some really scary baddies.
• In the video game, you have to defeat all the baddies to win.
• The children were pretending to be cops chasing the baddies.
• Every good story needs interesting baddies to challenge the hero.
• The teacher separated the baddies who were disrupting class.
• Those baddies were caught stealing from the store.