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
Yevgeniyayev-GYE-nee-yah, eev-GYE-nee-yahRussian
SolveigSOOL-vie (Norwegian), SOOL-vay (Swedish)Norwegian, Swedish
Olavo-Portuguese
Baldo-Italian, Spanish, Ancient Germanic
HesiodHES-ee-əd (English), HEE-see-əd (English)Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
Gafar-Arabic