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agony uncle

agony uncle noun: synonym of advice columnist, particularly an actually or assumed male writer of such a column.

Noun

agony uncle (plural agony uncles)

  1. (UK, informal, uncommon) Synonym of advice columnist, particularly an actually or assumed male writer of such a column.
    • The author had set himself up as a kind of literary agony uncle at the Murakami-san no Tokoro (Mr Murakami’s place) website: “After so long, I want to exchange emails with readers,” he said in January.2015 August 13, Alison Flood, “Haruki Murakami's agony uncle answers become eight-volume book”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    advice columnist, particularly an actually or assumed male writer of such a column

Synonyms of agony uncle

  • advice columnist
  • particularly an actually or assumed male writer of such a column

Forms of agony uncle

pluralagony uncles

Origin of agony uncle

By analogy with earlier agony aunt, from still earlier agony column.

Questions about agony uncle

What does agony uncle mean?
Agony uncle means synonym of advice columnist, particularly an actually or assumed male writer of such a column.
What part of speech is agony uncle?
Agony uncle is a noun.
What is the plural of agony uncle?
The plural of agony uncle is agony uncles.

Words near agony uncle in the dictionary

  1. agony aunty
  2. agony box
  3. agony boxes
  4. agony column
  5. agony columns
  6. agony uncle
  7. agony uncles
  8. agony-pipe
  9. agony-pipes
  10. Agoo
  11. agood

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