Definition of Agony aunt

1. Noun. A newspaper columnist who answers questions and offers advice on personal problems to people who write in.

Generic synonyms: Newspaper Columnist

Definition of Agony aunt

1. Noun. A writer of an advice column in a newspaper or other periodical. ¹

2. Noun. Someone who people commonly go to for advice about personal problems, often annoyingly so. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Agony Aunt

agonistically
agonists
agonization
agonize
agonized
agonizes
agonizin'
agonizing
agonizingly
agonothete
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agonothetic
agons
agony
agony aunt (current term)
agony aunts
agony box
agony column
agony uncle
agony uncles
agood
agora
agorae
agoraphobe
agoraphobes
agoraphobia
agoraphobias
agoraphobic
agoraphobics

Literary usage of Agony aunt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Johnson's First [-fifth] Reader by Henrietta H. Richardson, Nannie Clements, Louise Manly, Blanche Wynne Johnson, Eugene Cunningham Branson (1899)
"... and rolling over and over on the floor in his death agony. Aunt Patience climbed on the high bedstead and crouched in one corner, trembling and fearing ..."

2. Tomorrow's Women by Helen M. Wilkinson, Melanie Howard (1997)
"... and mother of ten children, Anne Atkins, the Daily Telegraph agony aunt, and even Paula Yates, author of a book on the virtues of women staying at home. ..."

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