Definitions

racking

[rak-ing] / ˈræk ɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

acute

Synonyms

STRONGEST

excruciating fierce keen overwhelming poignant severe sharp sudden

STRONG

cutting shooting

WEAK

distressing exquisite overpowering piercing powerful stabbing violent

Antonyms

STRONGEST

blunt calm dull ignorant kind mild pleasant slow soothing stupid

WEAK

dense imperceptive insensitive not serious obtuse unimportant

ADJECTIVE

agonizing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

excruciating harrowing intense tortuous

STRONG

disturbing heart-wrenching struggling tearing tormenting torturing

WEAK

extreme fierce vehement violent

Antonyms

STRONGEST

pleasant pleasing

ADJECTIVE

excruciating

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acute agonizing exquisite grueling harrowing intense searing severe unbearable

STRONG

burning chastening consuming piercing punishing rending shooting stabbing tearing tormenting torturing

WEAK

extreme insufferable sharp torturesome unendurable violent

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm dull easy facile mild

WEAK

bearable endurable helpful pleasant pleasing soothing

ADJECTIVE

grueling

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arduous backbreaking brutal demanding excruciating exhausting fierce laborious punishing strenuous tiring torturous trying

WEAK

chastening crushing fatiguing grinding hairy hard harsh heavy severe stiff

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy effortless facile gentle kind trivial

ADJECTIVE

harrowing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agonizing chilling distressing disturbing excruciating heart-wrenching heartbreaking painful terrifying torturous traumatic

STRONG

alarming soaring tearing tormenting torturing

WEAK

heart-rending nerve-racking

Antonyms

STRONGEST

pleasant

WEAK

calming pleasing unfrightening

ADJECTIVE

piercing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

biting blaring earsplitting fierce high-pitched painful penetrating shrill

STRONG

agonizing bitter deafening excruciating freezing keen numbing roaring shattering shooting stabbing thin treble

WEAK

acute arctic cold exquisite frosty high knifelike loud powerful raw severe sharp stentorian stentorious wintry

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm kind

STRONG

pleasant

WEAK

low soft weak

ADJECTIVE

tormenting

Synonyms

STRONG

agonizing anguishing distressing disturbing excruciating harrowing heart-wrenching struggling suffering tearing torturing

WEAK

extreme fierce intense tortuous torturous vehement violent

Antonyms

STRONG

pleasant pleasing

Example Sentences

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Thousands of ear-tape products proliferated online, some racking up thousands of reviews.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

After rising 24% following a strong earnings report on April 23, shares jumped another 12% last Wednesday before falling back slightly on Thursday, then racking up another 5% in gains on Friday.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

AI wildlife videos have flooded social media platforms like YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, racking up millions of views and likes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

Overnight success in the theater takes years, and Christopher has been racking up credits since he was 20, when still a student at Juilliard, he left school to go on tour with “In the Heights.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

He lay awake at night, reading scriptures over and over, racking his brain for some meaning to words he’d been fed and had preached time and time again.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley

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