no hard feelings
No grudge here
No hard feelings expresses that there's no lasting resentment or bitterness after a disagreement, rejection, or conflict.
It can be offered as reassurance No hard feelings—I know you had to make a tough call or as a question seeking reconciliation No hard feelings? .
The phrase acknowledges that something potentially hurtful happened while signaling willingness to move past it.
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- clear the airDispel tension through discussion
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- burying the hatchetEnding hostilities permanently
mutual respect · shake hands · making up · compromise · understanding · peace offering · goodwill · acceptance · no worries · clarification · agreement · reassurance · acknowledgment · bygones · closure · fresh start · letting go · empathy
- forgivenessforgiveness of sins, redemption, absolve, mercy, grace
- apologiessorry, forgive me, my mistake, mea culpa, sincere apology
- compromisecompromise, middle ground, meet halfway, give and take, give-and-take
- sportsmanshipfairness, fair play, sportsmanship, respect, integrity
- Moving Onlet go, move on, closure, acceptance, fresh start
no hard feelingsholding a grudge
bitter · resentful · unforgiving · vindictive · seething
no hard feelingsbitter
Sharp, unpleasant taste
resentful · holding a grudge · hard feelings · bad blood · grudge
no hard feelingsvendetta
Prolonged retaliatory conflict
sworn enemy · at odds · hostile · on the warpath · score to settle
hard, harder, hardest, harden, hardened, hardening, hardness, hardly, hardship