racking

The word “racking” has 2 syllables: rac-king

It's pronounced as /ˈrækɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for racking?

In the thesaurus, “racking” has 175 synonyms and 44 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for racking

acute
afflicting
aggravating
agitating
agonizing
alarming
anguishing
annoying
arctic
arduous
assailing
attacking
backbreaking
badgering
battering
bedeviling
besetting
besieging
biting
bitter
blaring
bothering
bruising
brutal
bugging
burning
chafing
chastening
chilling
cold
consuming
crippling
crushing
cursing
cutting
damaging
deafening
demanding
discomforting
discomposing
disquieting
distressing
disturbing
dogging
earsplitting
exasperating
excruciating
exhausting
exquisite
extreme
fatiguing
fierce
flustering
fraying
freezing
frosty
galling
getting
grating
grieving
grinding
griping
grueling
hagriding
hairy
harassing
hard
harming
harrowing
harrying
harsh
heart-rending
heart-wrenching
heartbreaking
heavy
high
high-pitched
hounding
hurting
impairing
insufferable
intense
irking
irritating
keen
knifelike
laborious
laming
loud
mangling
martyring
molesting
mutilating
nerve-racking
nettling
numbing
oppressing
overpowering
overwhelming
painful
paining
panging
peeving
penetrating
persecuting
perturbing
pestering
piercing
piquing
plaguing
poignant
powerful
pricking
pulling
punishing
pursuing
putting out
raging
rasping
raw
rending
riding
riling
roaring
searing
severe
sharp
shattering
shooting
shrill
smarting
smiting
soaring
stabbing
stentorian
stentorious
stiff
stinging
straining
strenuous
stressing
stretching
striking
struggling
sudden
suffering
taxing
tearing
terrifying
thin
tingling
tiring
tormenting
tortuous
torturesome
torturing
torturous
traumatic
treble
troubling
trying
tyrannizing
unbearable
unendurable
upsetting
vehement
vexing
victimizing
violent
weakening
wintry
worrying
wounding
wrenching
wringing

Antonyms for racking

abetting
aiding
assisting
bearable
blunt
calm
calming
comforting
consoling
contenting
delivering
dense
dull
easy
effortless
endurable
facile
gentle
helpful
helping
ignorant
imperceptive
insensitive
kind
low
mild
not serious
obtuse
pleasant
pleasing
quieting
releasing
relieving
reprieving
slow
soft
solacing
soothing
stupid
succoring
trivial
unfrightening
unimportant
weak

Meanings of racking

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.
noun
1. (roofing) A method of asphalt shingle application, whereby shingle courses are applied vertically, up the roof rather than laterally across and up.
2. Spun yarn used in racking ropes.
3. The process of clarifying, and thereby deterring further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.

Example Sentences

The suspenseful movie had everyone on the edge of their seats, their nerves racking with anticipation.
The intense competition had the athletes racking their brains for strategies to outperform their opponents.
In the quiet library, the student sat alone, racking their memory for the elusive answer to the challenging question.
The storm's howling winds and pounding rain had the residents racking their nerves throughout the night.
The difficult decision left her racking her emotions as she weighed the pros and cons.

On this page you'll find 219 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to racking, such as: abetting, acute, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, agonizing, aiding.

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