do-badder

English

Etymology

do +‎ bad +‎ -er, after do-gooder.

Noun

do-badder (plural do-badders)

  1. (informal) A person who does bad things.
    • 1967 June 10, Roy Thomas, Avengers, volume 1, number 41, page 8:
      "Later, he was given artificial life by a do-badder called Diablo--and almost destroyed the Fantastic Four themselves..."
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