racked

Meanings

• Verb

  1. To cause great mental or emotional distress or strain.

  - "He was racked with guilt over his actions."
  - "The loss of her loved one racked her for months."

• Verb

  2. To torment or torture someone, often physically.

  - "The enemy soldiers were racked with pain from their wounds."
  - "The torturer racked the prisoner mercilessly."

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Synonyms

rack up , shear

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with racked
hacked , whacked , backed , sacked

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Variants

List of all variants of racked that leads to same result
rack , racked , racker , rackers , racking , rackingly , racks , rack up , racked up , racking up , racks up , re-rack , re-racked , re-racking , re-racks , rerack , reracked , reracking , reracks

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Etymology

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Old English hreccan, from hreccan ‘tear, rend, torment’. Related to hreccan ‘tear, rend, torment’.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'racked' is related to the word 'wrecked'.

2. The term 'rack' can also refer to a frame or structure, such as a rack for holding wine bottles.

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Related Concepts

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1. Torment: The act of causing someone great mental, emotional, or physical distress or pain.

2. Guilt: A feeling of remorse or regret for having done something wrong or having failed to do something right.

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Culture

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In literature, 'racked' has been used to describe the emotional and mental turmoil that characters experience, such as guilt, remorse, or torment. In art, the concept of being 'racked' can be represented through imagery of distorted or broken forms, symbolizing the internal turmoil of a character.

How to Memorize "racked"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person's face contorted in great distress, or imagine a rack, an instrument of torture.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'racked' with feelings of distress, torment, or guilt.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the 'R' in 'racked' stands for 'remorse' or 'torment'.

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