a person who is angry, resentful, vindictive, etc., or one easily made so
sorehead in American English
(ˈsɔrˌhed, ˈsour-)
noun
informal
a disgruntled or vindictive person, esp. an unsportsmanlike loser
Don't be such a sorehead, they won fair and square
Derived forms
soreheadedly
adverb
soreheadedness
noun
Word origin
[1840–50; cf. Scots sorehead a headache]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bypass, creationism, dope, flan, layout