sorehead

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • May 14, 2022

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

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2016

"You would look likea sorehead if you didn't," he said.

From Time • Apr. 12, 2012

The bar rolled merrily along until midsummer, when a sorehead entered the equation.

From Time Magazine Archive

We say that "knocking" is a sign of the "sorehead" and we sublimate criticism by saying that "every knock is a boost."

From A Preface to Politics by Lippmann, Walter