hard feelings
Definition of 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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