SOREHEADS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

soreheads

noun

plural of sorehead

as in malcontents

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The spoilsports need to get back to their home state and do the job which their constituents elected them to do.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2025

Definition of spoilsports

Noun

For The Times) Courtney does great old ladies and whining teens, Michaels plays great curmudgeons and Palermo is great at space work.

— Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Since 2018, Microsoft has answered those curmudgeons’ cries with the Surface Laptop line, now in its eighth generation.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026

Definition of curmudgeons

Noun

Earlier this year, more than a hundred thousand bots joined a social network, Moltbook, and, within seventy-two hours, created a religion called Crustafarianism, which came to involve the worship of crabs.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Today, its mangroves buffer Odisha’s vulnerable coastline against frequent cyclones and provide breeding grounds for fish, prawns, and crabs that sustain thousands of fisher families.

— Kalpana Sunder, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of crabs

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There are no bigger whiners in the league than LeBron James, Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves and Deandre Ayton, who have in their minds never committed a foul and are always fouled with no call on any possession.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
Continue reading … DAVID MARCUS – Patriotic Team USA wins gold as anti-America whiners flop.

— , FOXNews.com, 24 Feb. 2026

Definition of whiners

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