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.

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

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

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

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

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