| Sour-grapes person: 2 wds. |
Commuter |
13 Feb 2026 |
| Bad sport |
Universal |
20 Dec 2025 |
| Unlikely sportsmanship award winner |
New York Times |
02 Nov 2025 |
| Player who is not graceful in defeat |
LA Times Daily |
22 Apr 2025 |
| Monopoly board flipper, perhaps |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Dec 2024 |
| Person who can't handle defeat |
USA Today |
28 Oct 2024 |
| Player who pouts after a rout |
LA Times Daily |
26 Nov 2023 |
| Player who pouts after a rout |
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| Person who might sweep a board game off a table |
New York Times |
29 Sep 2023 |
| One who might flip a game board over |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Mar 2023 |
| Person who gets inconsolable about getting a consolation prize, say |
Universal |
15 Oct 2022 |
| Postgame griper |
The Washington Post |
29 Sep 2021 |
| Postgame griper |
LA Times Daily |
29 Sep 2021 |
| Ungracious competitor |
Newsday |
22 Feb 2021 |
| Rage quitter, maybe |
New York Times |
04 Dec 2020 |
| One who's not at all graceful |
The Washington Post |
17 Mar 2018 |
| One who's not at all graceful |
LA Times Daily |
17 Mar 2018 |
| Bitter rival, maybe |
Newsday |
07 Oct 2017 |
| *Whiner who's not a winner |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Jul 2016 |
| Poor sport |
LA Times Daily |
26 Nov 2015 |
| Whiny type, maybe |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
13 Mar 2015 |
| Whiny type, maybe |
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| Poor sport |
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| One moaning and groaning after a defeat |
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| Crybaby of a sort |
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| Postgame finger-pointer |
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| Court crybaby |
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| One who gets upset twice? |
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| "You got lucky" mutterer |
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| Whiner, of a sort |
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| "You got lucky" mutterer |
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| One who storms off, maybe |
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| Sour grapes type |
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| Whiner who wants to be a winner |
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| Excuse maker, maybe |
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| Poor sport |
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| One might refuse to shake hands |
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| One who refuses to shake hands, maybe |
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| One who's no fun |
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| Bad sport |
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| Bad sport |
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| Ungracious one |
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| Poor sport |
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| One griping about being knocked off |
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| *One who gets beaten badly? |
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| Poor sport |
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| One griping about being knocked off |
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| Grumbling one, perhaps |
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| Hardly the gracious type |
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| Ungracious also-ran |
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| Sour grapes player |
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| Hardly the gracious type |
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| Ungracious type |
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| Spoilsport of a sort |
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| Board flipper, maybe |
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| He's irritated when mated |
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