agony aunt
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
agony aunt (plural agony aunts)
- (informal, Britain) A writer of an advice column in a newspaper or other periodical.
- You should write in to the agony aunt; she'll sort it out for you.
- (informal, Britain) Someone commonly consulted for advice about personal problems.
- I'm sick of everyone coming to me with their problems - I never wanted to be an agony aunt!
Synonyms[edit]
- (writer of an advice column): advice columnist, agony auntie, agony aunty
Translations[edit]
writer of an advice column
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someone consulted for advice about personal problems
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