A racking pain or emotion is a distressing one which you feel very strongly.
She was now shaking with long, racking sobs.
2. See also nerve-racking
racking in British English
(ˈrækɪŋ)
adjective
1.
causing or indicating mental suffering
She was now shaking with long, racking sobs.
2.
causing or indicating physical suffering
His racking cough was gone.
All related terms of 'racking'
rack
A rack is a frame or shelf , usually with bars or hooks , that is used for holding things or for hanging things on.
wrack
collapse or destruction (esp in the phrase wrack and ruin )
frame
The frame of a picture or mirror is the wood, metal, or plastic that is fitted around it, especially when it is displayed or hung on a wall.
sampling frame
an open structure that gives shape and support to something, such as the transverse stiffening ribs of a ship's hull or an aircraft's fuselage or the skeletal beams and uprights of a building
nerve-racking
A nerve-racking situation or experience makes you feel very tense and worried .
rack up
If a business racks up profits , losses , or sales , it makes a lot of them. If a sportsman , sportswoman , or team racks up wins, they win a lot of matches or races.