hard feelings
idiom
: feelings of dislike or anger toward someone that you think has mistreated you
She felt/had no hard feelings towards him.
The court's decision has caused a lot of hard feelings.
—The phrase no hard feelings is used in speech to say that you are not upset or to ask if someone else is upset."I'm sorry I broke our date last night." "That's OK; no hard feelings."
"So, we're still friends, right? No hard feelings?"
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Understand First, Criticize Second When Volkov introduced himself to Dennett and immediately criticized his work, there were no hard feelings between them.
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Theodore McDarrah, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
But it’s been an incredibly messy process, resulting in plenty of hard feelings, which could have further consequences.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2025
Fox’s Ken Rosenthal asked if there were hard feelings among his NL teammates.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2025
And last year’s attendance at the 46,800-seat Coliseum was hampered by hard feelings around the team’s departure from Oakland.
—Sacbee.com, 10 July 2025
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Theodore McDarrah, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
But it’s been an incredibly messy process, resulting in plenty of hard feelings, which could have further consequences.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2025
Fox’s Ken Rosenthal asked if there were hard feelings among his NL teammates.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2025
And last year’s attendance at the 46,800-seat Coliseum was hampered by hard feelings around the team’s departure from Oakland.
—Sacbee.com, 10 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for hard feelings
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“Hard feelings.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20feelings. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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