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sore loser

[ sawr loo-zer ]

noun

  1. a person who is habitually angered, irritated, or annoyed when they do not win something or gain a desired advantage:

    There is no point in being a sore loser and whining about it all.

    You can't call him a sore loser—he accepts defeat with grace and dignity.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of sore loser1

First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences

He allegedly wanted to ban all capitalist influences, but any sore loser of a Monopoly game can sympathize.

He has had to shake off accusations of being a sore loser, of shedding the maverick mantle as he moved right during the primary.

Plushenko himself, an amusingly sore loser, played along by all-but-gay-baiting the Americans.

Sore loser John Kerry blamed his 2004 loss to George W. Bush on the release of a bin Laden tape just days before the election.

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