agony aunt

noun

1. sometimes capital a person who writes the replies to readers' letters in an agony column Gender-netural formadvice columnist

Example Sentences

One TikTok user, who goes by the name Ngo Keĩta, plays the role of a popular agony aunt, posting clips in Wolof, the language spoken most widely in Senegal.

From Seattle Times

Legend has it, she had an arranged marriage gone wrong, a frozen man to deal with and ended up as an agony aunt.

From BBC

Taking the stand as the first witness on Wednesday morning, the agony aunt behind the long-running Ask E Jean advice column said Mr Trump's attacks on her had destroyed her reputation.

From BBC

Doyle Kennedy said she loved the way “Maria approaches everything — being an agony aunt, solving a murder — through food.”

From New York Times

Between her memoir, podcast, a recent novel and her gig as an agony aunt for a British newspaper, many young British women see her as the trusted voice of a close friend.

From New York Times