a Job's comforter



a Job's comforter

  (old-fashioned)
someone who tries to make you feel happier but makes you feel worse instead
Usage notes: Job was a character in the Bible who had a lot of bad things happen to him.
She's a real Job's comforter. She keeps telling me I'm going to die soon anyway so I shouldn't worry about anything.
See also: comforter

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Longinalawn-GEE-nah (Polish)Polish, Ancient Roman
DiethelmDEET-helmGerman
Nasir-Arabic
Hayfa-Arabic
Renatore-NAH-to (Italian, Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian
Ella (2)EL-ə (English), EL-lah (Finnish)English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish