Synonyms of racked

racked

verb

past tense of rack

1

as in plagued

to cause persistent suffering to

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plagued
• afflicted
• persecuted
• tortured
• besieged
• tormented
• attacked
• beset
• bedeviled
• cursed
• bothered
• harrowed
• agonized
• stung
• troubled
• anguished
• struck
• overwhelmed
• excruciated
• assailed
• disturbed
• rode
• pursued
• aggravated
• dogged
• badgered
• hounded
• hurt
• pestered
• annoyed
• harassed
• stabbed
• agitated
• tried
• vexed
• worried
• irritated
• distressed
• chafed
• riled
• exasperated
• stressed
• grieved
• molested
• strained
• perturbed
• oppressed
• bugged
• piqued
• crushed
• upset
• griped
• pained
• disquieted
• flustered
• irked
• harried
• victimized
• got
• pricked
• nettled
• galled
• wrung
• grated
• discomforted
• tyrannized
• put out
• discomposed
• overpowered
• smarted
• rasped
• smote
• peeved
• martyred
• panged
• hagrode

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assisted
• helped
• aided
• delivered
• abetted
• released
• relieved
• quieted
• consoled
• soothed
• comforted
• contented
• reprieved
• solaced
• succored

2

as in pulled

to injure by overuse, misuse, or pressure

she racked her brain trying to remember where she'd put the money

the sails of the boat were racked by the storm's winds

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pulled
• damaged
• strained
• hurt
• bruised
• stretched
• wrenched
• weakened
• taxed
• battered
• wounded
• impaired
• tore
• crippled
• harmed
• frayed
• mutilated
• mangled
• lamed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of racked

The case centers on one of the most volatile chapters in UCLA history — the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests that racked the university, culminating in a violent spring attack at a campus encampment. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

This version centers a guilt-racked and traumatized Odysseus—and leaves gods and fates, mystery and wonder largely out of the picture. — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

The country many will return to is racked by extreme gang violence and has one of the highest homicide rates in the world. — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2026

Seeing a person react with kindness and not ridicule – that’s radical at a time when American society seems racked with division and social media encourages public criticism and vitriol. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 1 June 2026

Either way, our jaws have been adequately dropped, our nerves properly racked, and our nails thoroughly bitten by the end of each episode. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026

The final decade of the artist’s life was itself marked by its own fraught geopolitics, with the political upheaval and global conflict that racked the world in the 1930s, prior to Klee’s death in 1940. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 11 May 2026

Police said the sound of a firearm being racked can be heard on the video just before a shot was heard in the dining area. — Skyler Shepard, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026

Sure enough, in a subsequent watch-through-your-fingers climbing scene, a harrowing mishap leaves him dead and Sasha racked with guilt. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026