agony column
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.53 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of personal column, a column in a newspaper or other periodical of personal advertisements.
British usage
noun
Synonym of advice column, a column in a newspaper or other periodical providing advice on readers' problems.
British usage
Example Sentences
- "There is little doubt that lovers separated by unfortunate circumstances, or by angry parents, as well as bachelors meditating matrimony, have found in the "Agony Column" a safe means of secret correspondence."
- "DCI Tom Barnaby: She was nervous about something... So what sort of agony column does she write, Troy? DS Gavin Troy: I've only glanced at it, sir. It's just problems."
- "Underlying the discussion of values in the magazine's "agony" columns is a theme of changing values, and we see a society aware of the difference between traditional and modern values and beginning to move away — albeit to a small degree — from traditional attitudes and behaviour."
Usage
- British usage