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.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
NadİRe	-	Turkish
Christabella	kris-tə-BEL-ə	English (Rare)
Ennis	-	Irish
Magda	MAHK-dah (German), MAHKH-dah (Dutch), MAHG-dah (Polish)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Polish, Croatian, Romanian, Portuguese
BahargÜL	-	Turkmen
Manola	mah-NO-lah	Spanish