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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Lil Wayne and Kendrick Lamar have no hard feelings about the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime show. Marina Watts, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024 Could Neely’s bluntness backfire and further fray the hard feelings that seemingly go back to last year’s arbitration case? Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 30 Sep. 2024 But Lil Nas made sure to clarify that there is no hard feelings if Shaboozey does surpass his record. Stephen Daw, Billboard, 22 Nov. 2024 But there’s no hard feelings for Baker, who understood Howard’s position and took the sentiment as complimentary. George Yang, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024 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 2 Jan. 2025.

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