racking

• Qualifie ce qui provoque une forte douleur physique ou morale, une souffrance ou une tension intense.

Describes something that causes great physical or mental pain, distress, or strain.

1. Causing intense pain or distressB2formal

   Describing something that causes severe physical or mental suffering.

   Atroce, déchirant

   • He felt a racking pain in his back after the accident.
   • The racking guilt kept her awake all night.
   • She let out a racking sob as she heard the news.

   Synonymesagonizingdistressingexcruciatinggrievousharrowingpainfultorturous

   Antonymescomfortingeasingpleasantsoothing

• Verbe désignant l'action d'infliger une douleur physique ou morale, un stress ou une tension, ainsi que le fait de placer ou d'installer quelque chose sur un râtelier ou une étagère.

A verb used to indicate the act of causing physical or mental pain, stress, or strain, or to arrange or place something on a rack.

1. Cause pain or sufferingB2formal

   To cause someone to experience great physical or mental pain.

   Causer une grande souffrance

   • The disease racked his body with pain.
   • She was racked with guilt after the argument.
   • The country was racked by civil war for years.

   Synonymesafflictagonizeexcruciateharrowplaguetormenttorturewring

2. Place on a rackB1formal

   To place something on a rack for storage, display, or processing.

   Mettre sur une grille/étagère

   • He racked the bottles of wine in the cellar.
   • The librarian racked the books on the shelves.
   • She racked the dishes to dry after washing them.

3. Think hardB2informal

   To strain or exert one's mind in an effort to think of something.

   se creuser la tête

   • I racked my brain trying to remember her name.
   • He racked his memory for the answer to the question.
   • She racked her mind for a solution to the problem.

   Synonymesbeatcudgelpuzzlestraintax

Variantes phrasalrack up