Synonyms of sour grapes

sour grapes

plural noun

as in hostility

informal unfair criticism that comes from someone who is disappointed about not getting something

His remarks are nothing but sour grapes.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hostility
• jealousy
• virulency
• rudeness
• acidity
• malice
• bitterness
• resentment
• gruffness
• acidness
• pique
• venom
• virulence
• mordancy
• bile
• corrosiveness
• harshness
• severity
• anger
• nastiness
• vitriol
• sternness
• acrimony
• tartness
• sourness
• spite
• discourteousness
• acridity
• coldness
• vehemence
• relentlessness
• asperity
• cattiness
• impoliteness
• acridness
• animosity
• crossness
• incivility
• scorn
• iciness
• jaundice
• malevolence
• vindictiveness
• surliness
• spleen
• ungraciousness
• rancor
• gall

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• diplomacy
• sympathy
• kindness
• politeness
• courtesy
• sweetness
• warmth
• cordiality
• civility
• geniality
• compassion
• tenderness
• graciousness
• softness
• tactfulness
• smoothness
• urbanity
• suavity
• oiliness
• suaveness
• unctuousness

Example Sentences

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. —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