agony aunt

English

Noun

agony aunt (plural agony aunts)

1. 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.

2. Someone who people commonly go to for advice about personal problems, often annoyingly so.

   I'm sick of everyone coming to me with their problems - I never wanted to be an agony aunt!

Synonyms

• (writer of an advice column): advice columnist

Translations

A writer of an advice column in a newspaper or other periodical.

• Danish: brevkasseredaktør c

• Turkish: güzin abla