hard feelings

hard feelings
RESENTMENT, animosity, ill feeling, ill will, bitterness, bad blood, resentfulness, rancour, malice, acrimony, antagonism, antipathy, animus, friction, anger, hostility, hate, hatred.
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hard feelings plural noun
Hostility, resentment
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Main Entry: ↑hard

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[usu. with negative] feelings of resentment

there are no hard feelings, and we wish him well

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hard feelings
1
◇ If you have hard feelings, you feel dislike or anger toward someone who you think has mistreated you.

She felt/had no hard feelings towards him.

The court's decision has caused a lot of hard feelings.

2
◇ The phrase no hard feelings is used in speech to say that you are not upset or to ask if someone else is upset.

“I'm sorry I broke our date last night.” “That's OK; no hard feelings.”

“So, we're still friends, right? No hard feelings?”

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Main Entry: ↑hard

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