mixed feelings
noun
: conflicting feelings or emotions
I'm having mixed feelings about the planned trip.
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The concurrent events have been met with mixed feelings by civil rights leaders, who broadly reviled Trump’s rhetoric and stances on race and civil rights during his third presidential campaign.
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Matt Brown, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
How long lawmakers will go along with the bipartisanship may depend on how it is received by the general public that polling has found to have mixed feelings on Trump’s expansive immigration agenda.
—Austin Denean, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2025
Those closest to the situation have mixed feelings.
—Charlotte Observer, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2025
As for the awards show itself, Williams has mixed feelings.
—Olivia-Anne Cleary, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
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Matt Brown, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
How long lawmakers will go along with the bipartisanship may depend on how it is received by the general public that polling has found to have mixed feelings on Trump’s expansive immigration agenda.
—Austin Denean, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2025
Those closest to the situation have mixed feelings.
—Charlotte Observer, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2025
As for the awards show itself, Williams has mixed feelings.
—Olivia-Anne Cleary, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Mixed feelings.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mixed%20feelings. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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