Meaning

5 senses
  1. (not comparable)Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.

    anal thermometer

    an anal examination

    anal

    ана́льныйanálʹnyj

    ана́льнийanálʹnyj

    of or related to the anus

  2. Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.

    anal

    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.

  3. (also, informal, mildly, vulgar)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.

    Please don't touch his furniture, as he can get very anal about things like that.

    zwanghaft, stur, pingelig

    буквое́дbukvojéd

  4. (informal, vulgar)Of tasks, questions, subject matter, etc., obsessively fussy or precise.

    This questionnaire goes into the most ridiculous amount of detail. It's totally anal.

  5. Of a vein, proximate to the thorax.

Examples

23 sentences
  1. She confessed to loving anal sex.

    deSie hat zugegeben, dass sie auf Analsex steht.

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  2. Okay, and how much for anal?

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  3. Some women enjoy anal sex, others not.

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  4. Does anal sex have any health risks?

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  5. My husband is interested in anal sex.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of, related to, intended for or involving the anus:
Русский
By meaning 2
of, related to, intended for or involving the anus:
of a person, compulsive and stubborn:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
of, related to, intended for or involving the anus:
of a person, compulsive and stubborn:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin ānālis. By surface analysis, anus + -al.

Borrowed from Latin ānālis. By surface analysis, anus + -al.

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Forms

more anal, most anal
Comparativemore anal Lesson
Superlativemost anal Lesson

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
compulsive and stubborn:pickyB2fussypernicketyanal-retentive
Close in meaning
  • 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.:anal retentive

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

52 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
anal — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto