Transcription
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- [johbz]
- /dʒoʊbz/
- /ˈdʒɑːbz ˈkʌm.fə.tə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [johbz]
- /dʒoʊbz/
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
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Origin of job's comforter
First appearance:
before 1730 One of the 48% newest English words
First recorded in 1730-40
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Parts of speech for Job's comforter
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
job's comforter popularity
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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