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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The Beaches checked their hard feelings at the door for their NPR Tiny Desk debut.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
Strahan didn't appear to have any hard feelings, even sharing the footage to his own feed.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Oct. 2025
My goal has always been to teach kids how to process hard feelings and move forward.
—Reem Raouda, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2025
Open discussion was always encouraged, but if someone didn’t agree with a final decision, there would be no hard feelings.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
Strahan didn't appear to have any hard feelings, even sharing the footage to his own feed.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Oct. 2025
My goal has always been to teach kids how to process hard feelings and move forward.
—Reem Raouda, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2025
Open discussion was always encouraged, but if someone didn’t agree with a final decision, there would be no hard feelings.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Oct. 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 Nov. 2025.
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