Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having marks or indentations on the surface, typically as a result of disease or damage. This describes something that is covered in small hollows or pits.

Usage

The word "pocked" is used to describe a surface that is uneven because it has many small holes or depressions. It often implies these marks are the result of a negative process, such as disease, corrosion, or impact.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The old statue's face was pocked and weathered by centuries of rain.
  • After the severe acne, his skin was left pocked and scarred.
  • The moon's surface is pocked with countless craters from meteorite impacts.

Advanced Usage

• "Pocked with": This common construction specifies what the holes or marks are or what caused them.
  • The battlefield was pocked with shell craters.
  • The document was pocked with errors.

Variants and Related Words

• Pockmark (noun): A small pit or scar on a surface, especially on the skin.
  • The disease left permanent pockmarks on his skin.
• Pockmarked (adjective): An alternative form with the same meaning as "pocked."
  • The pockmarked road was difficult to drive on.

Synonyms

• Pitted: Having small holes or depressions.
• Marked: Having visible impressions or scars.
• Scarred: Bearing marks from damage or lesions.

Antonyms

• Smooth: Having an even and regular surface.
• Unblemished: Not damaged or marked.
• Flawless: Without any imperfections.

Adjective

1. marked by or as if by smallpox or acne or other eruptive skin disease
2. used of paved surfaces having holes or pits