job's comforter

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Comforter \Com"fort*er\, n.

1.One who administers comfort or consolation. [1913 Webster]

Let no comforter delight mine ear But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.(Script.) The Holy Spirit, -- referring to his office of comforting believers. [1913 Webster]

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things.— John xiv. 26.[1913 Webster]

3.A knit woolen tippet, long and narrow. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]

The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball fight.— Pop. Sci. Monthly.[1913 Webster]

4.A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]

Job's comforter, a boil. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Job \Job\ (j[=o]b), n. The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the prototypical patient man. [1913 Webster]

Job's comforter. (a) A false friend; a tactless or malicious person who, under pretense of sympathy, insinuates rebukes. (b) A boil. [Colloq.]

Job's news, bad news. --Carlyle.

Job's tears (Bot.), a kind of grass (Coix Lacryma), with hard, shining, pearly grains. [1913 Webster]

Job's comforter n 1: someone whose comfort is actually discouraging