feel bad

idiom

: feel regret over something
I feel bad about what happened.

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Rallo lays out the unspoken rules (throw out your jeans from college, and don’t feel bad about Irish exiting) that make the decade easier, as well as pointers for cultivating a creative life. Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2025 Miss Elaina would feel bad, the girl said. Saleen Martin, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025 The point is to make the other team feel bad. Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025 Advertisement In this new era of gag rule politics, some on the right have claimed that uncomfortable discussions about the history of slavery in the United States are meant to make white people feel bad about themselves—that whites today are somehow to blame. Time, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for feel bad

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“Feel bad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feel%20bad. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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