sorehead

[sawr-hed, sohr-]

noun

Informal.

1. a disgruntled or vindictive person, especially an unsportsmanlike loser.

   Don't be such a sorehead, they won fair and square.

sorehead

/ ˈsɔːˌhɛd /

noun

1. informal,  a peevish or disgruntled person

Other Word Forms

• soreheadedly adverb
• soreheadedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sorehead¹

1840–50; compare Scots sorehead a headache

Example Sentences

Other writers and players called him a "loudmouth," a "sorehead" and worse.

From Salon

“It’s a lot better now that those old soreheads who were mad at each other have died off,” Jones, the county judge, said.

From Washington Times

Some grenades strapped around my forehead, And an AR-15 for my sorehead.

From Washington Post

If you are a sorehead because you lost, you shouldn't play.

From New York Times

“I am a mean hungry sorehead,” he writes.

From New York Times