負まけ惜おしみ

noun

poor loser; sour grapes; unwillingness to admit defeat

Describes the attitude of someone who cannot accept losing gracefully and makes excuses or disparages the winner. Often used in the phrase 負け惜しみを言う.

• 彼かれは試し合あいに負まけた後あと、負まけ惜おしみばかり言いっていた。

  After losing the match, he kept making sour-grapes remarks.

• 負まけ惜おしみ