anal

Plural: anals

Adjective

• Pertaining to the anus; or, colloquially, obsessively precise.
• of or related to the anus
  • "anal thermometer"
• a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.

Adj

• Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
• Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.
• Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy (usually in an egosyntonic way), supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage.
• Of tasks, questions, subject matter, etc., obsessively fussy or precise.
• Proximate to the thorax.

Noun

• Any of the anal scales of a reptile.
• Anal sex.

Verb

• To penetrate anally.

Examples

• an anal examination
• anal sex
• anal thermometer
• His tile-tracking spreadsheet was so detailed it could only be described as anal.
• I'll do anything except anal.
• In the right mood, I'll accept anal.
• Please don't touch his furniture, as he can get very anal about things like that.
• The man with the small cock analed the hot chick.
• This questionnaire goes into the most ridiculous amount of detail. It's totally anal.

Synonyms

anal retentive, anal-retentive, fussy, pernickety, picky

Antonyms

oral

Related Words

anus, oral

Anagrams of anal