racked

The word “racked” has 1 syllable: racked.

It's pronounced as /rækt/.


What is synonym and antonym for racked?

In the thesaurus, “racked” has 30 synonyms and 28 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for racked along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for racked

  • afflicted
  • appalling
  • awful
  • calamitous
  • deplorable
  • disappointing
  • disastrous
  • dreadful
  • feeble
  • gloomy
  • grim
  • guaranteed
  • lamentable
  • lousy
  • miserable
  • paltry
  • pathetic
  • persecuted
  • pitiful
  • plagued
  • pulled
  • sad
  • settled
  • shocking
  • sorry
  • sure
  • tortured
  • tragic
  • unhappy
  • wretched

Antonyms for racked

  • abetted
  • aided
  • assisted
  • blessed
  • cheerful
  • comforting
  • delivered
  • encouraging
  • excellent
  • fortunate
  • good
  • happy
  • helped
  • hopeful
  • indefinite
  • joyful
  • lucky
  • nice
  • pleasing
  • released
  • relieved
  • rich
  • satisfactory
  • uncertain
  • unsure
  • wealthy
  • wonderful
  • worthwhile

Meanings of racked

  • verb
    1. To place in or hang on a rack.
    2. To torture (someone) on the rack.
    3. To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
    4. To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.
    5. To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
    6. To strike a male in the testicles.
    7. To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
    8. To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round.
    9. To wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a rack.
    10. To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.
    11. (structural engineering) Tending to shear a structure (that is, force it to move in different directions at different points).
    12. To stretch a person's joints.
    13. To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir.
    14. To fly, as vapour or broken clouds.
    15. To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
    16. (of a horse) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace.

Example Sentences

  • After the intense workout, the athlete's muscles were racked with fatigue.
  • Anxiety racked his mind as he awaited the results of the important exam.
  • The storm racked the coastal town, leaving destruction in its wake.
  • Guilt racked her conscience after the mistake, and she sought a way to make amends.
  • The unresolved mystery racked his brain, keeping him awake at night.

On this page you'll find 58 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to racked, such as: abetted, afflicted, aided, appalling, assisted, awful, blessed.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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about-faced

  • alter
  • arced
  • arched
  • backtracked
  • bent
  • bowed
  • change
  • convert
  • countermanded
  • crooked
  • curved
  • degenerate
  • deviate
  • drift
  • fall back
  • go back
  • hark back
  • move
  • overturn
  • overturned
  • pivoted
  • react
  • regress
  • relocate
  • remove
  • retract
  • return
  • reverse
  • reverted
  • revoked
  • rounded
  • shift
  • ship
  • shuffle
  • struck down
  • swept
  • swing
  • switch
  • transfer
  • transform
  • turn
  • turn back
  • twist
  • vary
  • veer
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backpedaled

banged

  • bash
  • batted
  • bump
  • bumped
  • clang
  • clapped
  • clipped
  • collide
  • collided
  • cracked
  • crashed
  • hit
  • knock
  • knocked
  • pounded
  • punched
  • rammed
  • rap
  • rattle
  • shut
  • slam
  • slammed
  • slapped
  • smacked
  • smash
  • smashed
  • struck
  • swiped
  • thump
  • whack
  • whacked

fallen apart

  • broken down
  • choked
  • cracked
  • decayed
  • decomposed
  • disintegrated
  • gone off the deep end
  • gone to pieces
  • lost it
  • melted down

fallen down

  • cracked up
  • gone under

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