no love lost

idiom

—used to say that people dislike each other

They were polite with each other, but it was clear that there was no love lost between them.

Examples of no love lost in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These are the two best teams remaining and there is no love lost between these NFC West rivals. —Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2026

There is plenty of love between them but also no love lost with Rew, as the junior sibling, admitting to having occasionally misplaced his temper. —Sam Dalling, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026

Deadpool himself, Lively’s husband Ryan Reynolds, showed there was no love lost for Gianetti and one of her Sony colleagues, the documents show. —Matt Donnelly, Variety, 22 Jan. 2026

There's no love lost for Kiffin with Rebels fans, or even their players, but Kiffin appears to still have a soft spot for the football program. —Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 10 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for no love lost

• accost
• crisscrossed
• defrost
• embossed
• exhaust
• recrossed
• uncrossed
• bossed
• cost
• crossed
• dost
• glossed