badass

Definitions

1. A belligerent or mean person; a person with an unpleasantly extreme appearance, attitudes, or behavior.
   US, slang
2. A person considered impressive due to courage, skill, daring, audacity, and/or toughness.
   US, slang

Equivalents

16 more languages

العربيةمشاكس

Bosanskikòzāčkīkozačkikozakmistorudoмангуп+ 3 more

Catalàcollonutgenial

Češtinabourákdrsoňgaunerhustejparchant+ 2 more

Suomikovakovanaamakovispahis+ 1 more

Galegocabróncabrona

हिन्दीतोप

Hrvatskikòzāčkīkozačkikozakmistorudoмангуп+ 3 more

Magyarvágány

Kurdîdurdûr

Македонскимангупфраер

PolskichojrakkozackikozakOkrutnyprzechujsrogisukinkotzabijakazajebistyzarąbisty+ 7 more

Românădurmiștopizdostare+ 1 more

Српскиkozačkikòzāčkīkozakmistorudoмангуп+ 3 more

Svenskagrymhårdingtufftuffing+ 1 more

Tagalogastig

Examples

“Don’t mess with that guy, he’s a real badass.”

“A shake⟳ down officer, Sgt. Soaper, and Capt. Swarts, have⟳ been reading all my mail, including GCN (which is authorized to come⟳ in). Soaper has been sending the prison bad-asses to my cell to force⟳ me to have⟳ sex with them. Yesterday, Soaper opened my door and 2 prisoners came in and raped me. Capt. Swarts told me that he was going to make⟳ me pay⟳ for writing letters to GCN and that there was nothing anyone could do about it.”

“There are badasses, and there are badasses. Dothan is one of the latter, from a family full of badasses. I'm not saying he isn't a decent sort⟳. He's fully rational, not like⟳ his brother Curtis. But Christ, when the sombitch gets mad …”

“A survival tactic I learned on the psych ward was how to quickly size up potential enemies or garden-variety badasses.”

“You're a badass but you ain't no criminal.”

“They flew the Jolly Roger to signal their reputation for mayhem but, in fact, the pirates didn't actually want⟳ a fight⟳, because fighting is costly and dangerous and might result⟳ in economic loss. […] Of course, to maintain⟳ a reputation that you are a badass, you actually have⟳ to occasionally be a badass, so pirates intermittently engaged in violence, reports of which they happily provided to newspaper editors, who duly published them in gory and exaggerated detail.”

“"I'm a badass." (Jack Nicholson to a New York friend, early 1973.)”

“The Oakland Raiders are one of the few teams that I have⟳ any feelings for besides the Steelers. Nowadays they're a bunch of wannabe badasses, but back in the day they were something to behold.”

“Men and women from the CIA's Directorate of Operations (DO) would return⟳ from Afghanistan and tell⟳ stories about Task Force⟳ 11, an amalgamation of Special Forces bad-asses from the various branches of the U.S. military.”

“The Rani of Jhansi […]The Rani, also known as Lakshmibai, eventually joined in, and won a few stunning battles. She perished, according to lore, while fighting the British on horseback in full armored splendor. She was only 22.”

“Known throughout the Spec-Ops community as the best of the best, they were the go-to badasses in the air for the go-to badasses on the ground, and Sandra was the first female pilot to be made a member.”

“I walked out of the mall like⟳ I was a real bad ass. Once I was in my truck, I slammed the door starting the engine peeling away from my parkin spot.”

“[Charlize] Theron is an absolute badass in the role: hard, intense, quietly vulnerable, in charge at almost every moment. She fights Mad Max to a standstill even though she’s only got one arm. She takes his rifle and shoots out the light⟳ of the Bullet Farmer’s car when Max can’t do it.”

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