hard feelings

phrase

: 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?"

Examples of hard feelings in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

An employee at the rental dealership also said there were no hard feelings following the fender-bender. — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Accept that hard feelings come when adjusting personal expectations. — Patrick Murphy, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Different perspectives between generations may be fueling hard feelings, Kiplinger's research showed. — Medora Lee, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

But behind that vote was a yearslong debate between family-rights advocates and doctors that had exposed hard feelings on both sides. — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for hard feelings

• ceilings
• dealings
• healings