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
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Cooper holds no hard feelings about how things ended with the Cowboys.
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Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2024
There may be hard feelings, and even lawsuits, but the procedure is straightforward and the interchange will get built.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 May 2024
In the aftermath of the arrests of 47 protesters and the clearing of a Gaza Solidarity Encampment, a confrontation between police and protesters was replaced by simmering hard feelings and questions about what will come next.
—Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 18 May 2024
Felicity is cool with this and understands why the plot is abandoned, with no hard feelings.
—Kari Sonde, TIME, 16 May 2024
There are no hard feelings between the two, however.
—Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
No apparent hard feelings on the Huskies’ end either.
—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
Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2024
There may be hard feelings, and even lawsuits, but the procedure is straightforward and the interchange will get built.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 May 2024
In the aftermath of the arrests of 47 protesters and the clearing of a Gaza Solidarity Encampment, a confrontation between police and protesters was replaced by simmering hard feelings and questions about what will come next.
—Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 18 May 2024
Felicity is cool with this and understands why the plot is abandoned, with no hard feelings.
—Kari Sonde, TIME, 16 May 2024
There are no hard feelings between the two, however.
—Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
No apparent hard feelings on the Huskies’ end either.
—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
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“Hard feelings.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20feelings. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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