Job's comforter

Job's comforter

(jōbz)

n.

One who is discouraging or saddening while seemingly offering sympathy or comfort.

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[After Job, whose friends pretended to comfort but actually found fault with him.]

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Job's comforter

n

a person who, while purporting to give sympathy, succeeds only in adding to distress

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Job's′ com′forter

(dʒoʊbz)
n.

a person who unwittingly or maliciously depresses or discourages while attempting to console.

[1730–40]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Job's comforter - someone whose comfort is actually discouraging comforter, sympathiser, sympathizer - commiserates with someone who has had misfortune

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Translations

Job’s comforter

n jd, der durch seinen Trost die Situation nur verschlimmert; you’re a real Job’s comforter → du bist vielleicht ein schöner or schwacher Trost

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