as in hostility
informal
unfair criticism that comes from someone who is disappointed about not getting something
His remarks are nothing but sour grapes.
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Recent Examples of sour grapes
So this could all be sour grapes or an effort to gain a competitive edge, but the courts will have to decide that.
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Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 1 Dec. 2024
And listen, the government has a select few people who have some type of sour grapes about things that went on, really in their own lives, frankly.
—Chloe Melas, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
There’s no trace of the Hepburn-Streisand sour grapes saga.
—Tonya Blazio-Licorish, WWD, 27 Sep. 2024
But hopefully sour grapes will be the extent of Russia’s reactions.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 26 July 2024
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Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 1 Dec. 2024
And listen, the government has a select few people who have some type of sour grapes about things that went on, really in their own lives, frankly.
—Chloe Melas, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
There’s no trace of the Hepburn-Streisand sour grapes saga.
—Tonya Blazio-Licorish, WWD, 27 Sep. 2024
But hopefully sour grapes will be the extent of Russia’s reactions.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 26 July 2024
See All Example Sentences for sour grapes
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“Sour grapes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sour%20grapes. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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