pockmarked

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adjective

Having pockmarks.

“The student had, at best, a pockmarked understanding of the subject matter.”

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Meanings

adjectivepockmarked (comparative more pockmarked, superlative most pockmarked)

comparative more pockmarked · superlative most pockmarked

  1. Having pockmarks.
  2. Pitted, or scarred with holes.

    For SAC66 is better known as Batty Moss (or Ribblehead) Viaduct - the magnificent, Grade 2-listed, 24-arch structure that strides over the pockmarked ground between Ribblehead station and Blea Moor signal box.

    2020 May 20, Philip Haigh, “Ribblehead: at the heart of the S&C's survival and its revival”, in Rail, page 26
    1 more example

    After all the trepidation born of Holland's toils home and away against these opponents in qualification for Euro 2012, and the pockmarked nature of the pitch, this was exposed as a mismatch from the opening exchanges.

    2012 September 7, Dominic Fifield, “England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova”, in The Guardian
  3. broadlyfigurativelyIncomplete, lacking, having holes.

    The student had, at best, a pockmarked understanding of the subject matter.

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of pockmark

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveused of paved surfaces having holes or pits

adjectivemarked by or as if by smallpox or acne or other eruptive skin disease

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian с петна, надупчен
  • с петнаhaving pockmarks
  • надупчен (nadupčen)pitted
  • изпонабоден (izponaboden)pitted
Czech poďobaný, posetý dolíčky
  • poďobanýhaving pockmarks
  • posetý dolíčkypitted
Dutch gepokt
  • gepokthaving pockmarks
Finnish rokonarpinen, kuoppainen
  • rokonarpinenhaving pockmarks
  • kuoppainenpitted
French variolé
  • varioléhaving pockmarks
German pockennarbig
  • pockennarbighaving pockmarks
Polish dziobaty, dziobaty
  • dziobatyhaving pockmarks
  • dziobatypitted
Russian рябо́й, щерба́тый
  • рябо́й (rjabój)having pockmarks
  • щерба́тый (ščerbátyj)having pockmarks
  • изры́тый (izrýtyj)pitted
  • я́мчатый (jámčatyj)pitted
  • поби́тый (pobítyj)pitted
Spanish cacarizo
  • cacarizohaving pockmarks
Swedish koppärrig
  • koppärrighaving pockmarks
Cite this entry
APA

pockmarked. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pockmarked

MLA

“pockmarked.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pockmarked. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pockmarked,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pockmarked.

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