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rack
Synonyms and Antonyms of rack
- the clock struck midnight, signaling that it was time to hit the rack
- suffering the rack of a sprained ankle, the climber had to make his way back down the mountain to camp
- felt the rack of regret after losing her temper with her teenagers
affliction, agony, anguish, distress, excruciation, hurt, misery, pain, strait(s), torment, torture, travail, tribulation, woe
rack
Synonyms and Antonyms of rack
- the young man was racked with guilt over the lie he had told to his parents
- the country has been racked by years of civil war
badger, dog, hound, pursue, ride
aggravate, agitate, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, distress, disturb, exasperate, gall, get, grate, gripe, hagride, harass, harry, irk, irritate, molest, nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put out, rasp, rile, vex
discomfort, discompose, disquiet, fluster, grieve, perturb, strain, stress, trouble, try, upset, worry
crush, oppress, overpower, overwhelm, smite, strike, tyrannize, victimize
- she racked her brain trying to remember where sheʼd put the money
- the sails of the boat were racked by the storm's winds
Synonym Discussion of rack
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- ills that afflict the elderly
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- children often try their parents' patience
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- a horse tormented by flies
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- tortured by a sense of guilt
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- a body racked by pain
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