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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While Cami was low-key in Season 1, there were no hard feelings.
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Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
No hard feelings, though, right?
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
So, yeah, there’s no hard feelings from our end.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
So, no hard feelings that -- GOV.
—NBC news, 2 Nov. 2025
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Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
No hard feelings, though, right?
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
So, yeah, there’s no hard feelings from our end.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
So, no hard feelings that -- GOV.
—NBC news, 2 Nov. 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 Nov. 2025.
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