sorehead

sorehead
soreheadedly, adv.soreheadedness, n.
/sawr"hed', sohr"-/, n. Informal.
a disgruntled or vindictive person, esp. an unsportsmanlike loser: Don't be such a sorehead, they won fair and square.
[1840-50; cf. Scots sorehead a headache]

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