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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 hard feeling like that you’re the one responsible for your child, the one who wants what’s best for them, and in some way like you’ve failed them.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023

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

I swallow hard, feeling like I might throw up.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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