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Job’s comforter

Job's com·fort·er [ jbz kúmfərtər ] (plural Job's com·fort·ers)


noun 
Definition:
 
somebody who unintentionally causes misery: somebody who, though appearing or intending to comfort a distressed person, only succeeds in worsening the situation

[< the friends who came to "comfort" Job in his affliction (Job 5:17)]
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