- Home
- Idioms
- Job's comforter
Job's comforter
Job's comforter
Someone who makes a person feel worse about a situation when trying to offer sympathy. A reference to the Biblical story of Job, who showed great faith amid difficult circumstances. Larry is a real Job's comforter. I know he was just trying to offer comforting words, but he made Maggie feel worse about her financial situation.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Adjoa | | - | Western African, Akan |
| Pol | | - | Catalan |
| Jenny | | JEN-ee (English) | English, Swedish, Finnish, German, Dutch, Spanish |
| Ezechias | | - | Biblical Latin |
| Aleksey | | ah-lyek-SYAY (Russian), ah-leek-SYAY (Russian) | Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian |
| Emerson | | ['eməsn] | |