mixed emotions
noun
: conflicting feelings or emotions
I have mixed emotions about doing this.
He had mixed emotions about the end of his trip.
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Fans responded with mixed emotions Sunday night at the Super Bowl when an anti-hate campaign got an unlikely spokesperson.
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Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
The day was marked by mixed emotions as two of our volunteers, Samuel and Harut, learned that Syrian towns had fallen to insurgents after Bashar al-Assad's exit.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Savannah Chrisley is experiencing mixed emotions about her father’s prison facility shutting down.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
In an interview with Maariv, an Israeli newspaper, the father of Ms. Gilboa’s boyfriend said the family was feeling mixed emotions over the video.
—Natan Odenheimer, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
The day was marked by mixed emotions as two of our volunteers, Samuel and Harut, learned that Syrian towns had fallen to insurgents after Bashar al-Assad's exit.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Savannah Chrisley is experiencing mixed emotions about her father’s prison facility shutting down.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
In an interview with Maariv, an Israeli newspaper, the father of Ms. Gilboa’s boyfriend said the family was feeling mixed emotions over the video.
—Natan Odenheimer, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Mixed emotions.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mixed%20emotions. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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