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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Job's comforter /ˈʤobz-/
 增加對方痛苦的安慰者

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Job n. The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the prototypical patient man.
 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.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Com·fort·er n.
 1. One who administers comfort or consolation.
 Let no comforter delight mine ear
 But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine.   --Shak.
 2. Script. The Holy Spirit, -- referring to his office of comforting believers.
    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.
 3. A knit woolen tippet, long and narrow. [U. S.]
    The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball fight.   --Pop. Sci. Monthly.
 4. A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable. [U. S.]
 Job's comforter, a boil. [Colloq.]
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

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