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hurt feelings

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hurt someone's feelings
to cause someone emotional pain. It hurts my feelings when you talk that way. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.
See also: feeling, hurt


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Don''t automatically assume that you''re heading in the same direction, because unmet expectations may lead to unnecessary misunderstandings and hurt feelings.
As a teenager none of my friends wanted to kiss a guy called James (names have been changed to prevent the same hurt feelings that you have) because his tongue penetrated so far into your mouth that he made you gag - and worse.
Giving back the medals is just a technicality because you can't repair the hurt feelings and the hard work that went into it.
 
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