Badnik

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bad or wicked person.

    "Well, he turned out to be not such a badnik, but yes, I was doing well at school, although because I was enjoying it so much it didn't seem as if I was working particularly hard."

Example

More examples

"Well, he turned out to be not such a badnik, but yes, I was doing well at school, although because I was enjoying it so much it didn't seem as if I was working particularly hard."

Etymology

From bad + -nik. Heavily popularized by the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise as an in-game enemy.

More for "badnik"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.