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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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 Instead, help your child accept hard feelings by reiterating that all feelings are normal and they’re loved no matter what. Tovah P. Klein, Contributor, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024 But when converging circumstances cause both men to need money in a hurry, they’re forced to paper over years of hard feelings quickly and hit the road to pull a final job that prompts them to reexamine the root causes behind their failure to launch. Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2024 Then there’s the hard feelings left behind by McCarthy’s unceremonious removal. Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 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 21 Nov. 2024.

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