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racknoun a place set aside for sleepingthe clock struck midnight, signaling that it was time to hit the rack bed, bunk, doss(chiefly British), hay(slang), kip, lair(British dialect), pad, sack bedstead, futon, mattress, palletbunk bed, cot, couch, daybed, feather bed, four-poster, hammock, Murphy bed, shakedown, sleigh bed, sofa, sofa bed, studio couch, trundle bed, water bedbassinet, carry-cot(British), cradle, crib a state of great suffering of body or mindsuffering 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 discomfortcross, crucible, trialheartache, heartbreak, joylessness, sadness, sorrow, unhappinessemergency, pinchasperity, difficulty, hardship, rigorache, pang, smarting, soreness, stitch, throe, twingedanger, jeopardy, trouble comfort, consolation, solacealleviation, assuagement, ease, reliefpeace, securitywell-being rackverbto cause persistent suffering tothe 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 afflict, agonize, anguish, bedevil, beset, besiege, curse, excruciate, harrow, persecute, plague, torment, torture assail, attackbadger, dog, hound, pursue, rideaggravate, 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, vexdiscomfort, discompose, disquiet, fluster, grieve, perturb, strain, stress, trouble, try, upset, worrycrush, oppress, overpower, overwhelm, smite, strike, tyrannize, victimizehurt, pain, pang, prick, smart, stab, sting, wringmartyr abet, aid, assist, helpdeliver, release, relieve, reprievecomfort, console, content, quiet, solace, soothe, succor to injure by overuse, misuse, or pressureshe racked her brain trying to remember where she'd put the money the sails of the boat were racked by the storm's winds pull, strain, stretch, wrench fray, tax, weakendamage, harm, hurt, impair, woundbatter, bruise, tearcripple, lame, mangle, mutilate v.afflict, try, torment, torture, rack mean to inflict on a person something that is hard to bear.afflict is a general term and applies to the causing of pain or suffering or of acute annoyance, embarrassment, or any distress.ills that afflict the elderly try suggests imposing something that strains the powers of endurance or of self-control.children often try their parents' patience torment suggests persecution or the repeated inflicting of suffering or annoyance.a horse tormented by flies torture adds the implication of causing unbearable pain or suffering.tortured by a sense of guilt rack stresses straining or wrenching.a body racked by pain in the 14th century |