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

In the long run, the old hard feelings probably won’t matter much, according to several industry executives. —Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024

But there were no hard feelings, according to David. —Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2024

But whether this actually smoothed over any interpersonal rifts hard feelings from Biden is a topic that the party will likely leave unaddressed. —Brianna Zichettella, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2024

Is there a way to enforce my rule with no hard feelings? —Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2024