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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