agony aunt
English
Noun
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 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
writer of an advice column
someone who people commonly go to for advice
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