Meaning of agony column | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A column of a newspaper which contains advertisements relating to lost relatives and friends and other personal matters.
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2. A column written by an agony aunt, giving advice on readers' personal problems.

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Examples

“Near-synonym: problem page”

“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.”

“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.”

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