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Jamaican Patois · Emotions and feelings

Badmind

Envious / spiteful; envy

Say itBAD-mine

JLU spelling
badmain
Also written
Bad mind, Badmine

What “Badmind” means

Badmind is envy mixed with ill will: resenting other people's success and wishing them bad. It works as an adjective ("im badmind"), a noun ("pure badmind") and a verb ("dem a badmind yuh").

Examples

Dem a badmind yuh because yuh a do good.

They're envious of you because you're doing well.

Im too badmind.

He's too spiteful.

How to use it

Everyday word, and a very common way to describe "haters" in conversation and in dancehall lyrics.