feel bad

idiom

: feel regret over something
I feel bad about what happened.

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By the way, don't feel bad if your score is low. Kim Key, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025 So don’t feel bad about being judged. Simin Cai, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025 But anything from the past (or present) that makes white men feel bad about themselves cannot be dealt with at all. Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2025 Her belief was that the new ads featuring Sweeney would succeed — by making women feel bad and ugly. Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for feel bad

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“Feel bad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feel%20bad. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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