Racking

Antonyms for racking:

painless.

Synonyms for racking:

Sense 1

hacking cough.

Sense 2

hack up, spit up.

Sense 3

cough.

Sense 5

tickle.

Sense 10

hack.

Other synonyms and related words:

cruel, tickle, excruciating, harrowing, painful, torturous, cough, hack, raging.

all (adjective)

wrenching.

Sense 1 (noun)

tickle, hack up, hacking cough, cough, hack.

racking (noun)

wrenching, painful.

paining (verb)

distressing, aching, Cramping, inflaming, throbbing, smarting, wrenching, stitching, anguishing, suffering, stinging, agonizing, Paining, chafing, hurting, tormenting, Afflicting, irritating, Discomforting.

Usage examples for racking:

• He tried other sources, all he could think of, racking his brains as he went about town, but still he could not raise a loan. - "His Family", Ernest Poole.
• His head throbbed wildly, the racking pain throughout his frame increased, while a raging fire seemed creeping through his veins. - "At the Time Appointed", A. Maynard Barbour.
• You should receive my letter on Wednesday, probably in the evening; but in case it may be delayed, I suggest that you meet me in London on Thursday afternoon"- he paused, racking his brain for some suitable meeting place-" at four o'clock, in the Winter Garden of the Empire Hotel. - "The Imaginary Marriage", Henry St. John Cooper.