a sore loser

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a sore loser

Someone who complains, becomes upset, or otherwise reacts very negatively when he or she fails or loses at something competitive. Don't be such a sore loser, Jim. I know you pride yourself on your racquetball skills, but I beat you fair and square.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Zlatica	-	Croatian, Czech, Slovak
PÁLl	POWTL (Icelandic)	Icelandic, Faroese
Martin	MAHR-tən (English), mar-TEN (French), MAHR-teen (German, Finnish), MAHR-tin (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish), MAWR-teen (Hungarian), mahr-TIN (Bulgarian)	English, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croa
Agricola	[ə'grikələ]
Eftychia	-	Greek
Adlard	['æla:d]