Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A mean-tempered or belligerent person.
- adjective Mean; belligerent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US, slang A
mean orbelligerent person; a person with extreme attitudes, behavior or appearance. - adjective US, slang Having extreme appearance, attitude, or behavior that is considered admirable.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word badass.
Examples
-
I'm trying not to use the term badass so much, but I just can't help it - both of these posters are badass!
More Eye Candy: Two New Badass Max Payne Posters « FirstShowing.net 2008
-
Don't take the word "badass" the wrong way; these men were unspeakably violent, often mass murderers and slaveholders.
The 7 Most Terrifying Pirates From History The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
-
Anyone who calls themself a badass is nothing but a cowardly little weakling b! tch.
-
Anyone who calls themself a badass is nothing but a cowardly little weakling b! tch.
-
The riveted steel around the image is very nice, gives a nice industrial feel, lends a certain badass gravitas.
Book Cover Smackdown! Zoe's Tale vs. Killswitch vs. Leviathan 2009
-
I can appreciate the creativity that's gone into crafting Marla's fascinating origins, but seeing her be a badass is far more effective than hearing about it.
Blood Engines Jes Battis 2008
-
Asking us to buy into Shia as a badass is like asking your wife to accept spousal rape as "surprise lovemaking"
-
Also Ron Perlman did the voice of the main badass who killed Afro's daddy.
Afro Samurai Headed for Live-Action with Andre 3000 Starring? « FirstShowing.net 2008
-
It's not the fact that you used the word badass, the entire first paragraph is you gushing about it.
Jon Favreau's Iron Man 2 Gets Another Badass Teaser Poster « FirstShowing.net 2009
-
The app is coming soon (within a few months) and is "badass" -- as excellent as Hulu's website.
-
Calling a woman — chef or otherwise — 'badass' is a way to signify that she's cool or relevant because she's acting like a man (specifically, an aggressive, swaggering one); that she is only of interest or worth consideration because she's going against whatever 'type' it is she'd otherwise be categorized as because she's a woman.
Bulky Cameras, Meet The Lens-less FlatCam Charlotte Druckman 2019
bobodod commented on the word badass
Shaft, Conan, Gandalf, Clint Eastwood, etc.
October 20, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word badass
But noticeably not Sweet Sweetback, who is baadasssss. (See bad-ass.)
October 20, 2007
seanahan commented on the word badass
How can you forget Chuck Norris?
October 20, 2007