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?"
Examples of hard feelings in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
No apparent hard feelings on the Huskies’ end either.
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Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
But there were no lingering hard feelings Tuesday among the two Prince George’s leaders.
—Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
If there were any hard feelings from his Wisconsin fans, Bryan worked overtime to smooth things over.
—Journal Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2024
Look each other in the eye to make sure neither of you walks away from this session with hard feelings or unexpressed frustrations.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2024
Amber Rose has no hard feelings about her ex dating Cher.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
Ohtani, the American League most valuable player in 2021 and 2023, said none expressed any hard feelings toward the two-way star for leaving.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
A couple months later, at the NFL draft in Kansas City, the elder Kelce wanted to make sure there were no hard feelings with the commissioner.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2024
There were certainly hard feelings on both sides following Gentry’s departure from Columbine, where the Gentrys were a Rebels’ first family of sorts.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 2 Feb. 2024
Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
But there were no lingering hard feelings Tuesday among the two Prince George’s leaders.
—Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
If there were any hard feelings from his Wisconsin fans, Bryan worked overtime to smooth things over.
—Journal Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2024
Look each other in the eye to make sure neither of you walks away from this session with hard feelings or unexpressed frustrations.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2024
Amber Rose has no hard feelings about her ex dating Cher.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
Ohtani, the American League most valuable player in 2021 and 2023, said none expressed any hard feelings toward the two-way star for leaving.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
A couple months later, at the NFL draft in Kansas City, the elder Kelce wanted to make sure there were no hard feelings with the commissioner.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2024
There were certainly hard feelings on both sides following Gentry’s departure from Columbine, where the Gentrys were a Rebels’ first family of sorts.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 2 Feb. 2024
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“Hard feelings.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20feelings. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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