racked
adj.adj. feeling a lot of physical or mental pain. You use this when something is very difficult or stressful to deal with.
adj. suffering from extreme physical or mental distress. Often used in the passive voice or as a participial adjective to describe a state of intense suffering or effort.
He was racked with guilt after the accident.
The athlete's body was racked by exhaustion after she completed the mountain marathon.
The small nation was racked by internal conflict for decades before a stable peace treaty was finally negotiated by international mediators.
Commonly pairs with the preposition 'with' or 'by' to indicate the cause of the distress.
wracked with painracked with painWhile 'wracked' is increasingly common, 'racked' is the traditional spelling for being stretched or tortured by pain or effort.