bad guy en · NOUN
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(informal) a villain, particularly an antagonist in a story.
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.
2023 March 14, Caryn James, “John Wick: Chapter 4: 'Soars above most action films'”, in BBC, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2026:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bad guys | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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it cattivista (a villain) · cmn 壞人 /坏人 (a villain) · sv skurk (a villain) · cmn 壞蛋 /坏蛋 (a villain) · ja 悪者 (a villain) · de Böser (a villain) · fr mauvais (a villain) · sv ful typ (a villain) · fi pahis (a villain) · fr salaud (a villain) · de Schurke (a villain) · ru плохо́й (a villain) · fr méchant (a villain) · sv bov (a villain) · ru плохо́й па́рень (a villain) · de Missetäter (a villain) · fi vastustaja (a villain) · cmn 惡人 /恶人 (a villain) · ja 悪人 (a villain) · ru злоде́й (a villain) · ko 악인 (a villain) · da skurk (a villain) · de Bösewicht (a villain) · id orang jahat (a villain)