bad-assery

A form of badassery — The behaviour or quality of a badass; belligerence, audaciousness, etc.

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Meanings

nounbad-assery (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of badassery.

    But this was one of those times when he could put his bad-assery skill set to good use.

    2017, Delores Fossen, Branded As Trouble/Just Like A Cowboy, →ISBN
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    Her police officer brother was strong, formidable, and seven years Cane's senior, but there was no beating her fake fiancé when it came to general bad-assery.

    2013, Rachel Harris, Seven Day Fiance: A Love and Games Novel, →ISBN

    You just packed up and left? But it sounds like you were essentially the national champion of bad-assery in Denmark...

    2018, Timon Singh, Born To Be Bad: Talking to the Greatest Villains in Action Cinema
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APA

bad-assery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bad-assery

MLA

“bad-assery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bad-assery. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bad-assery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bad-assery.

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