mixed feelings


A partly positive and partly negative reaction to something, as in I have mixed feelings about this trip; I'd love to go but don't want to ride in that tiny car.

Words Nearby mixed feelings

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How to use mixed feelings in a sentence

  • It was with mixed feelings of joy and regret that the regiment embarked on the steamer for New Orleans.

    The Blue and The Gray | A. R. White
  • Their father looked upon them with mixed feelings of tender pride in them, and regret for his own lost youth.

    The Hour and the Man | Harriet Martineau
  • From that first-night performance of Cordelia's much-talked-of drama Hartley carried away many mixed feelings.

    The Silver Poppy | Arthur Stringer
  • The arrival of the mission was necessarily regarded with mixed feelings by the inhabitants of the Transvaal.

    The Last Boer War | H. Rider Haggard
  • Meanwhile Mr. Mackenzie's success was viewed with very mixed feelings at the Cape.

    The Last Boer War | H. Rider Haggard