as in hostility
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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
But there are still some sour grapes about the big tactical dispute in February.
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Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 14 July 2025
Yesterday, when asked about Musk’s criticism--which could sink the entire bill, if enough Senate Republicans like Ron Johnson and their constituents turn against it--the president chalked it up to sour grapes over the bill’s failure to extend EV tax credits.
—Kelly Evans, CNBC, 6 June 2025
Trump and his administration have cast Musk’s criticism as sour grapes stemming from the bill’s elimination of electric vehicle subsidies, which are utilized by Tesla.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 6 June 2025
Conservatives who argue that President Joe Biden politicized the military by focusing on climate change and by advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion measures call these concerns, on the heels of Mr. Trump’s firings, sour grapes.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2025
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Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 14 July 2025
Yesterday, when asked about Musk’s criticism--which could sink the entire bill, if enough Senate Republicans like Ron Johnson and their constituents turn against it--the president chalked it up to sour grapes over the bill’s failure to extend EV tax credits.
—Kelly Evans, CNBC, 6 June 2025
Trump and his administration have cast Musk’s criticism as sour grapes stemming from the bill’s elimination of electric vehicle subsidies, which are utilized by Tesla.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 6 June 2025
Conservatives who argue that President Joe Biden politicized the military by focusing on climate change and by advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion measures call these concerns, on the heels of Mr. Trump’s firings, sour grapes.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Sour grapes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sour%20grapes. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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