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Job's comforter

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Job's comforter /dʒəʊbz/

▶noun a person who aggravates distress under the guise of giving comfort.

– origin C18: alluding to the biblical story (Job 16:2) of the patriarch Job.

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