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hard feelings en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, plural, plural-only) Resentment, anger.
    • The eviction itself went relatively smoothly, but the hard feelings it generated resound deep inside Israeli army barracks. 2007 August 16, Tim McGirk, “The West Bank: Mission Critical”, in TIME, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2008:
    • This foreign visitor asked me how I felt about the war, and I told him that it was over, and I bore no hard feelings. 1922, Upton Sinclair, chapter 1, in They Call Me Carpenter:
    • If you will name the price you put upon the articles, it is possible the damage may be quietly settled between us, and all hard feelings forgotten. 1827, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 31, in The Prairie:

Deriveds

no hard feelings

Translations (7)

de Ärger (resentment or anger) · ru обида (resentment or anger) · de Groll (resentment or anger) · es rencor (resentment or anger) · es resentimiento (resentment or anger) · es animosidad (resentment or anger) · es bronca (resentment or anger)