sour grapes

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sour grapes

pl.n.

Denial of the desirability of something after one has found out that it cannot be reached or acquired: The losers' scorn for the award is pure sour grapes.

sour grapes

(functioning as singular) the attitude of affecting to despise something because one cannot or does not have it oneself

[from a fable by Aesop]

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sour grapes - disparagement of something that is unattainable

derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something

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