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What is another word for racking?

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Noun

Direct and straightforward approach

Adjective

Unbearably or excruciatingly painful or torturous

Requiring, or involving, great mental or physical effort

Verb

Present participle for to cause extreme pain, anguish, or distress to

Present participle for to exert pressure or strain on

Present participle for to place or store (in or on a rack)

Present participle for to injure or hurt by twisting a body part

Present participle for to move or progress with great haste

Present participle for to obtain money or favors by intimidation, violence, or the misuse of authority

Present participle for to put to death by crucifixion

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Noun

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Direct and straightforward approach

straight-up method

Adjective

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Unbearably or excruciatingly painful or torturous

excruciating

agonising^UK

agonizing^US

grueling^US

gruelling^UK

sombre^UK

somber^US

wintry^US

wintery^UK

paralyzing^US

paralysing^UK

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

rubbing the wrong way

sulphurous^UK

sulfurous^US

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

more than flesh and blood can bear

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“The racking pain in her chest made it difficult for her to breathe.”

Adjective

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Requiring, or involving, great mental or physical effort

grueling^US

gruelling^UK

labored^US

laboured^UK

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

easier said than done

like getting blood out of a stone

unfavorable^US

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

imperilling^UK

imperiling^US

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can bear

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Verb

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Present participle for to cause extreme pain, anguish, or distress to

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

agonising^UK

agonizing^US

inflicting anguish on

laboring^US

labouring^UK

bending someone's ear

discriminating against

inflicting suffering on

pushing

strapping

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

sticking the knife into

getting the knife into

breaking the heart of

making severe demands on

putting the squeeze on

sickening

swamping

giving the business

jumping on one's case

tyrannizing^US

tyrannising^UK

causing discomfort to

brutalizing^US

rubbing up the wrong way

getting on your nerves

brutalising^UK

hurting somebody's feelings

giving someone the works

working over

giving someone the blues

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

making someone scratch their head

knocking the wind out of

dashing the hopes of

harshing one's mellow

causing someone distress

taking the heart out of

pushing the buttons of

making someone fed up

harshing someone's mellow

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

bringing tears to your eyes

knocking for six

knocking the stuffing out of

bearing down

breaking someone's heart

giving someone the hump

making someone see red

making your gorge rise

grossing out

making someone want to throw up

turning stomach

making someone feel nauseous

rankling with

getting your back up

getting under your skin

causing to feel mental strain

causing to feel emotional strain

dampening the spirits of

making someone suffer

taking the wind out of your sails

causing to lose heart

breathing down someone's neck

carping at

making somebody's hackles rise

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“The hard necessities of life had left him little time or inclination to rack himself with spiritual doubts.”

Verb

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Present participle for to exert pressure or strain on

exerting to the limit

working oneself into the ground

running yourself into the ground

making too many demands on

imposing excessive strain on

driving into the ground

biting off more than you can chew

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“I rack my brains trying to remember what happened the afternoon before.”

Verb

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Present participle for to place or store (in or on a rack)

“Sarah would always rack her shoes neatly beneath her dresses.”

Verb

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Present participle for to injure or hurt by twisting a body part

Verb

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Present participle for to move or progress with great haste

Verb

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Present participle for to obtain money or favors by intimidation, violence, or the misuse of authority

blackmailing someone for

obtaining under duress

shaking down

pulling one's leg

putting screws to

making pay through nose

putting the arm on

worming something out of someone

putting the bite on someone for

bleeding someone of something

demanding hush money from

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Verb

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Present participle for to put to death by crucifixion

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