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Definition of hard feelings

1
Note: If you have hard feelings, you feel dislike or anger toward someone who you think has mistreated you.
2
Note: The phrase no hard feelings is used in speech to say that you are not upset or to ask if someone else is upset.

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hard play

  1. : not easily penetrated : not easily yielding to pressure

  2. : not capable of being spread : very firm

  3. : having a harsh or acid taste

  1. : with great or utmost effort or energy : strenuously

  2. : in a violent manner : fiercely

  3. : to the full extent

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feeling play feelings

  1. : the one of the basic physical senses of which the skin contains the chief end organs and of which the sensations of touch and temperature are characteristic : touch

  2. : a sensation experienced through this sense

  3. : generalized bodily consciousness or sensation

  1. : sentient, sensitive

  2. : easily moved emotionally

  3. : deeply felt

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