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Meaning of bad guy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

a villain, particularly an antagonist in a story.

informal

Equivalents

Čeština zlosyn
Dansk skurk
Deutsch Böser böser Bösewicht Missetäter Schurke
Suomi pahis vastustaja
Français mauvais méchant salaud
עברית נבל
Bahasa Indonesia buaya buaya darat tangan jahat
Italiano cattivista
日本語 ヒール わるもの 悪人 悪者
한국어 악인
Polski czarny charakter szwarccharakter
Русский злодей плохой плохо́й па́рень
Svenska bov skurk

Examples

“Perversely, we love John Wick himself. That lethal, bereaved assassin is a good bad guy for our times, the natural extension of Tony Soprano, Walter White and all the other heroic antiheroes the culture has embraced.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

bad hair day bad hat Bad Honnef bad hop bad humor bad humour

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