'Racking' definitions:
Definition of 'racking'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Causing great physical or mental suffering; "a wrenching pain" [syn: racking, wrenching]
Definition of 'Racking'
From: GCIDE
- Racking \Rack"ing\, n. (Naut.) Spun yarn used in racking ropes. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Racking'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'racking'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acute,
- afflictive,
- agonizing,
- atrocious,
- barbarous,
- biting,
- consuming,
- cramping,
- cruel,
- desolating,
- distressing,
- excruciating,
- ferocious,
- fierce,
- gnawing,
- grave,
- griping,
- hard,
- harrowing,
- harsh,
- heartbreaking,
- heartrending,
- heartsickening,
- heartwounding,
- hurtful,
- hurting,
- inhuman,
- painful,
- paroxysmal,
- piercing,
- poignant,
- pungent,
- rending,
- savage,
- severe,
- sharp,
- shooting,
- spasmatic,
- spasmic,
- spasmodic,
- stabbing,
- stinging,
- tearing,
- tormenting,
- torturing,
- torturous
Words containing 'Racking'
- Rack,
- Racked,
- To be on the rack,
- rack up,
- Card rack,
- Magazine rack,
- Mangle rack,
- Rack and ruin,
- Rack block,
- Rack lashing,
- Rack rail,
- Rack saw,
- Rack stick,
- Rack vintage,
- To go to rack,
- To put to the rack,
- Toast rack,
- bicycle rack,
- bomb rack,
- coat rack,
- dish rack,
- dress rack,
- luggage rack,
- music rack,
- off-the-rack,
- pin rack,
- pipe rack,
- plate rack,
- rack and pinion,
- rack of lamb,
- rack railway,
- rack rent,
- roof rack,
- ski rack,
- spice rack,
- tie rack,
- towel rack,
- Rack-rent,
- Rack-renter,
- To live at rack and manger,
- To rack one's brains,
- To rack one's brains out,
- To rack one's wits,
- nerve-racking,
- nerve-racking nerve-wracking stressful trying