wracks

Meaning of wracks

verb, 3rd person present
  1. cause extreme pain, anguish, or distress to.
    he was racked with guilt
  2. place in or on a rack.
    the shoes were racked neatly beneath the dresses
  3. move by a rack and pinion.
  4. raise (rent) above a fair or normal amount.

Middle English: from Middle Dutch rec, Middle Low German rek ‘horizontal bar or shelf’, probably from recken ‘to stretch, reach’ (possibly the source of rack1 (sense 1 of the verb)).

plural noun

variant spelling of rack5.

plural noun

a wrecked ship; a shipwreck.

late Middle English: from Middle Dutch wrak ; related to wreak and wreck.

Information about wracks

  • The singular form of wracks is: wrack.
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Hyphenation of wracks

wracks

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • wracks is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

wracks synonyms

Meaning cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering:

torment

Meaning (of a problem or illness) cause pain or trouble to; affect adversely:

afflict

Meaning cause great mental suffering or anxiety to:

torture

Meaning cause mental or physical pain to:

pain

Meaning undergo great mental anguish through worrying about something:

agonize

Meaning cause distress to:

harrow

Meaning (of a sharp pointed object) go into or through (something):

pierce

Meaning thrust a knife or other pointed weapon into (someone) so as to wound or kill:

stab

Meaning inflict a wound on:

wound

Meaning put (someone) to death by nailing or binding them to a cross, especially as an ancient punishment:

crucify

Meaning cause continual trouble or distress to:

plague

Meaning (of a person) torment or harass:

bedevil

Meaning subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs:

persecute

Meaning subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation:

harass

Meaning cause (someone) anxiety, sorrow, or pain:

distress

Meaning cause distress or anxiety to:

trouble

Meaning feel or cause to feel anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems:

worry

Meaning suffer violent involuntary contraction of the muscles, producing contortion of the body or limbs:

convulse

Meaning tear (something) into pieces:

rend

Anagrams of wracks

scrawk

Words that rhyme with wracks

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