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

Recent Examples on the Web

The two sides figured out a payment structure that benefited both parties, enabling King — entering his contract year — to focus on his job without the hard feelings that arbitration hearings often stir up. —Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025

Luckily, there were no hard feelings between father and son. —Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025

Are there hard feelings between Wheeler and the organization/ former teammates? —Murat Ates, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025

And there are gaming matters between tribes that still leave hard feelings. —Kirk Siegler, NPR, 19 Jan. 2025