pockmarked

Examples

• All

• and settlement continued until the entire coastline of Thrace was pockmarked by bustling Greek enclaves both on the Aegean and Black Seas.

• So there's Mercury, a rugged surface pockmarked with with meteorite collision craters.

• And so all of these areas where there are pockmarks, they are smooth and we need to make sure that they're smooth after varnishing.

• Imagine stretching away from you, dusty vastness pockmarked with cacti at the horizon, the skies fenced off by the silhouettes of mountains.

• Has no altar nor walls, but blurred defenses, pockmarked benches, pews hewn from rifled bone.

• His skin was red, sore, and pockmarked from years of sun exposure.

• The old building had walls that were pockmarked and cracked due to neglect.

• The surface of the moon is covered in pockmarked craters from asteroid impacts.

Synonyms

S

scarred

vspockmarked

5 3.9

Marked by old visible cuts or damage

focuses on small pits and holes rather than larger scars

P

potholed

vspockmarked

1 5.5

A road with many holes that is rough to drive on

applies to pits on skin or objects not only road surfaces

B

blemished

vspockmarked

1 4.1

Having marks or small faults that make something less good

specifies small pits and holes rather than general surface flaws

P

poxy

vspockmarked

• Archaic

9.9

Having many small scars on the skin from smallpox

is a general term for small pits from disease damage or wear

P

pocked

vspockmarked

7.5

Having many small pits or scars, often on the skin

is the broader term covering pits from disease damage or wear

Antonyms

S

smooth-skinned

1 3.5

Having skin or a surface that is even and without bumps

How Marked

disfigured

1 4.4

scarred

5 3.9

pockmarked

7.4

pitted

4.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology