ill feeling/feelings
idiom
: feelings of anger or resentment
Her comment caused some ill feeling/feelings.
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The lingering ill feelings erupted in a pair of third-period melees and culminated in an unexpected throw down between David Pastrnak and Matthew Tkachuk at 12:42.
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Rich Thompson, Boston Herald, 9 May 2024
Publicly, Callas made no secret of her ill feelings toward her ex-husband.
—Katie Mannion, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
In a sign of growing enmity, first lady Liza Araneta-Marcos disclosed her ill feelings toward Sara Duterte in a radio interview in April.
—Jim Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
More important than these extracurricular words and ill feelings were the games.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 15 Nov. 2024
Those ill feelings didn’t subside over time, particularly once AOL shares plunged during the deflation of the dot-com bubble.
—David Hamilton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
Guentzel’s fondness for the Penguins supersedes any ill feelings toward Dubas, said a team source and a source close to Guentzel.
—Rob Rossi, The Athletic, 24 Apr. 2024
Both partners should respect ill feelings that may have built up over time and figure out an equitable division of household tasks that plays to each person’s strengths and rhythms.
—Lisa Strauss, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
Whatever the intentions were, that rule, and the comments the prime minister made during the last election about Arabs being bused in droves to polling stations, created a lot of ill feeling among the Arab Israeli population.
—Foreign Affairs, 8 June 2016
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Rich Thompson, Boston Herald, 9 May 2024
Publicly, Callas made no secret of her ill feelings toward her ex-husband.
—Katie Mannion, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
In a sign of growing enmity, first lady Liza Araneta-Marcos disclosed her ill feelings toward Sara Duterte in a radio interview in April.
—Jim Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
More important than these extracurricular words and ill feelings were the games.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 15 Nov. 2024
Those ill feelings didn’t subside over time, particularly once AOL shares plunged during the deflation of the dot-com bubble.
—David Hamilton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
Guentzel’s fondness for the Penguins supersedes any ill feelings toward Dubas, said a team source and a source close to Guentzel.
—Rob Rossi, The Athletic, 24 Apr. 2024
Both partners should respect ill feelings that may have built up over time and figure out an equitable division of household tasks that plays to each person’s strengths and rhythms.
—Lisa Strauss, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
Whatever the intentions were, that rule, and the comments the prime minister made during the last election about Arabs being bused in droves to polling stations, created a lot of ill feeling among the Arab Israeli population.
—Foreign Affairs, 8 June 2016
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“Ill feeling/feelings.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ill%20feeling%2Ffeelings. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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