ambivalent feelings

phrase

: conflicting feelings or emotions

He has ambivalent feelings about his new job.

Examples of ambivalent feelings in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The novelist Arundhati Roy wrestles with her own ambivalent feelings about her mother in this new memoir. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 28 Nov. 2025

This ancient recognition of the ambivalent feelings in any close relationship finds a striking echo in Sigmund’s Freud’s theory of bereavement, where a mourner may suffer from the same emotional condition as the deceased. — Piers Vitebsky, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2022

For Vogue's September 2022 cover, Serena wrote in a first-person essay about her ambivalent feelings towards the end of her professional sports career. — Julie Mazziotta, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2022

Nanjiani has complicated, ambivalent feelings about growing up Shia, a minority religion in Pakistan and a target of sectarian violence. — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2021

The national poll by Marquette University Law School revealed the ambivalent feelings Americans have about the end of the United States' presence in Afghanistan. — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2021

Rhymes for ambivalent feelings

• ceilings
• dealings
• healings