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racking
Synonyms and Antonyms of racking
- a racking cough kept him awake all night
Synonyms and Antonyms of racking
- 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
badgering, dogging, hounding, pursuing, riding
aggravating, agitating, annoying, bothering, bugging, chafing, distressing, disturbing, exasperating, galling, getting, grating, griping, hagriding, harassing, harrying, irking, irritating, molesting, nettling, peeving, pestering, piquing, putting out, rasping, riling, vexing
discomforting, discomposing, disquieting, flustering, grieving, perturbing, straining, stressing, troubling, trying, upsetting, worrying
crushing, oppressing, overpowering, overwhelming, smiting, striking, tyrannizing, victimizing
hurting, paining, panging, pricking, smarting, stabbing, stinging, wringing
- 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
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