hard feelings
Grudge after conflict
Hard feelings are resentment or bitterness toward someone, usually after a disagreement or perceived slight.
The phrase appears most often in the negative: No hard feelings, right? asks whether ill will remains after a conflict.
To harbor hard feelings is to hold onto that resentment.
Persistent resentment toward someone
- bitternessSharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
- rancorLasting bitter resentment
- ill willHostile or unfriendly feeling
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
bad blood · grievance · umbrage · indignation · displeasure · discontent · disgruntlement · wounded pride
Active, bitter hostility
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- enmityBitter, lasting ill will
- antipathyIngrained, intense aversion
- aversionIntense dislike or repugnance
malice · spite · acrimony · tension · friction · coldness · estrangement · alienation
Offense taken at insult
- piqueWounded pride, resentment
- dudgeonDeep sullen resentment
- affrontDeliberate public insult
- slightMinor or thin
insult · snub · hurt · taking offense · sensitivity · touchiness · thin skin · easily offended
grudge
Persistent resentment toward someone
- bitternessSharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
- rancorLasting bitter resentment
- ill willHostile or unfriendly feeling
animosity · bad blood · grievance · umbrage · indignation · displeasure · discontent · disgruntlement · wounded pride · bruised ego
animosity
Active, bitter hostility
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- enmityBitter, lasting ill will
- antipathyIngrained, intense aversion
aversion · malice · spite · acrimony · tension · friction · coldness · estrangement · alienation · personal conflict
umbrage
Offense taken at insult
slight · insult · snub · hurt · taking offense · sensitivity · touchiness · thin skin · easily offended
- bad bloodanimosity, hostility, enmity, resentment, grudge
- resentmentresentful, grudge, bitterness, rancor, spite
- malicemalice, ill will, spite, malevolence, malignity
- argumentsargument, arguing, disagreement, bickering, dispute
- aversionsaversion, dislike, distaste, hatred, loathing
- conflictsargument, fight, war, battle, dispute
hard feelingsforgiveness
Releasing resentment toward offenders
goodwill · warm feelings · kindness · fondness · affection
hard feelingsamity
Peaceful mutual regard
cordiality · harmony · camaraderie · rapport · fellowship
hard feelingsforgiveness
Releasing resentment toward offenders
no hard feelings · goodwill · reconciliation · clemency · pardon
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