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hard feeling

British

noun

(often plural; often used with a negative) resentment; ill will

no hard feelings?

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“It’s a hard feeling because when you’re not there, you just want to be there,” he added.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2024

It’s a hard feeling to study, though, because it tends to arise spontaneously and be shaken off easily, scientists say.

From Scientific American • Feb. 1, 2023

“Sometimes it’s hard feeling like a stepchild in a teal dress,” says activist Ellen Engle, a project manager from Potomac, Md., who was diagnosed with Stage 4 ovarian cancer four years ago at age 47.

From Washington Post • May 17, 2019

But nor is there the slightest trace of hard feeling.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2015

That cold, hard feeling I always had inside me felt like it be slipping a bit sideways.

From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles

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