poor sport
poor sport · poor sports
Someone who exhibits ungracious behaviour during a game, whether winning or losingSomeone who exhibits ungracious behaviour during a game, whether winning or losing.
» I am very poor at sports.
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2 sensesSomeone who exhibits ungracious behaviour during a game, whether winning or losing.
Someone who cannot take a joke.
Examples
2 sentencesI am very poor at sports.
Soccer remains the poor man's sport.
Forms
plural: poor sports| Singular | poor sport |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedunsporting
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.