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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Right now, based on the photo evidence, there are no hard feelings about Roxanne attempting to thwart AJ's husband's win in the match.
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Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Rather than look for ways to dismiss them, which would likely cause hard feelings, just smile and keep walking at your own pace.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Competition, passive-aggressive zingers and hard feelings turn their relationship into a flaming hot mess.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
This obviously created some hard feelings and things got very ugly.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
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Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Rather than look for ways to dismiss them, which would likely cause hard feelings, just smile and keep walking at your own pace.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Competition, passive-aggressive zingers and hard feelings turn their relationship into a flaming hot mess.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
This obviously created some hard feelings and things got very ugly.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 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 19 Sep. 2025.
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