badmind

English Definition

envious, jealous (envious)

Etymology

• (Compound of bad (“evil”) + mind (“mind”))

Examples

• "Yuh too badmind."

  You're such an envious person.

• "“[...] puss an dawg no have di same luck , an me no waan nobody seh a bad mind me bad mind mek me a ask dem ya lickle question. ”"

  … the world isn't fair. I don't want anybody to say that I'm asking these questions because I'm envious.

• "How yuh badmind so?"

  Why are you so spiteful?

• "“Miss Maldene, I hear dem talking bout how you bring obeah into the district, but I don't listen to dem, I say oonu too wicked and bad mind, not a thing more than the lady have a gift and she helping out her fellow man.”"

  Miss Maldene, I've heard the rumours that you've brought black magic into our community. I don't pay attention to them. I told them that they're wicked and malicious. The only thing happening is the lady has a gift and she's helping others.

• "Badmind a wah a mash up di country right yah now."

  Envy is what's destroying the country nowadays.

• "Bun bad mind!"

  To hell with envy.

• "“"Dem face no pretty but dem no ha bad mind," said Kapo's caption at his recent exhibition at Hills Galleries.”"

  "Their faces aren't pretty but they aren't green with envy", said Kapo's caption at his recent exhibition at Hills Galleries.

• "Badmind a kill dem."

  Their own bitterness is killing them.

• "“Nex' ting yu know , one ah dem jus' get fed up an' decide to drop dead jus' for bad mind . She say some people does dead for spite.”"

  "The next thing you know, one of them just get fed up and decided to drop dead out of spite.