"Job's comforter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Job's comforters [plural]
Etymology: From the Bible Job 16.2 where Job's supposed friends offered advice that was not helpful. Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Job's comforter}} Job's comforter (plural Job's comforters)
  1. A person who, in trying to offer help or advice, says something that aggravates the distress. Categories (topical): Bible Related terms: Job's comfort Translations (person who aggravates someone's distress under the guise of consoling them): pocieszyciel Hioba [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-Job's_comforter-en-noun-q2dX0Zay Disambiguation of Bible: 97 3 Categories (other): English allusions, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English allusions: 94 6 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of "person who aggravates someone's distress under the guise of consoling them": 100 0
  2. (obsolete, slang) A boil. Tags: obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-Job's_comforter-en-noun-58OhLqTf

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From the Bible Job 16.2 where Job's supposed friends offered advice that was not helpful.",
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            "Writing",
            "Media",
            "Religion",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
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            "Communication",
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            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
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        [
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          ],
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        }
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      ],
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    }
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      ],
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        "A person who, in trying to offer help or advice, says something that aggravates the distress."
      ],
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        [
          "advice",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who aggravates someone's distress under the guise of consoling them",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pocieszyciel Hioba"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Job's comforter"
}

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