job's comforter

Job's comforter

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Definitions of job's comforter words

noun job's comforter a person who unwittingly or maliciously depresses or discourages someone while attempting to be consoling. 1
noun job's comforter a person who, while purporting to give sympathy, succeeds only in adding to distress 0
noun job's comforter a person who aggravates one's misery while attempting or pretending to comfort: see Job 16:1-5 0

before 1730

One of the 48% newest English words

First recorded in 1730-40

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adjective

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adverb

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preposition

conjunction

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exclamation

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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