1
chiefly US, informal + sometimes impolite
: ready to cause or get into trouble : mean
pretending to be a badass gunslinger—
L. L. King
L. L. King2
chiefly US, informal + sometimes impolite
: of formidable strength or skill
such a badass guitar player—N'Gai Croal
N'Gai Croal
chiefly US, informal + sometimes impolite
: a person who is badass
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Bryan Rogala, Outside Online, 3 Nov. 2024
In true Olivia Benson style, Hargitay nailed some pretty badass moves in the tight outfit, including some squats and high kicks.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Anya Taylor-Joy, who is undoubtedly one of the most versatile actors working today, shines in the role of Imperator Furiosa, a badass emancipator who dares to challenge gender conventions in a dangerous, postapocalyptic world where (no surprise at all) men make the rules.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
Pablo’s daughter is a badass helicopter pilot with two bronze stars and a silver and four tours in Afghanistan.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024
In a badass elf team-up, Arondir and Elrond take down a massive hill troll that stomps through the battlefield.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024
Critics had their knives out for this counterterrorism action series on Paramount+, starring Zoe Saldana as a CIA operative named Joe who trains female assassins—among them, a badass marine named Cruz played to the hilt by the relatively unknown Laysla De Oliveira.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
Our will to push, to persevere, to achieve, is undeniably badass—we’re talented in that regard—and therein lies the problem.
—Outside Online, 23 Oct. 2024
Kevin Hart’s Chicken Man is on the ground, breathing hard in fear, as Samuel L. Jackson’s badass gangster Frank Moten, known as the Black Godfather, holds a gun.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2024
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Like saying high-tech wool or hydrophobic down, talking about a flannel being a badass performance piece felt like an oversell.
—Bryan Rogala, Outside Online, 3 Nov. 2024
In true Olivia Benson style, Hargitay nailed some pretty badass moves in the tight outfit, including some squats and high kicks.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Anya Taylor-Joy, who is undoubtedly one of the most versatile actors working today, shines in the role of Imperator Furiosa, a badass emancipator who dares to challenge gender conventions in a dangerous, postapocalyptic world where (no surprise at all) men make the rules.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
Pablo’s daughter is a badass helicopter pilot with two bronze stars and a silver and four tours in Afghanistan.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024
In a badass elf team-up, Arondir and Elrond take down a massive hill troll that stomps through the battlefield.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024
Critics had their knives out for this counterterrorism action series on Paramount+, starring Zoe Saldana as a CIA operative named Joe who trains female assassins—among them, a badass marine named Cruz played to the hilt by the relatively unknown Laysla De Oliveira.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
Our will to push, to persevere, to achieve, is undeniably badass—we’re talented in that regard—and therein lies the problem.
—Outside Online, 23 Oct. 2024
Kevin Hart’s Chicken Man is on the ground, breathing hard in fear, as Samuel L. Jackson’s badass gangster Frank Moten, known as the Black Godfather, holds a gun.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Badass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/badass. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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