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pockmarked

adj · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: P AA1 K M AA2 R K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having pockmarks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: marked

2

adj

Meaning 2

Pitted, or scarred with holes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Incomplete, lacking, having holes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, figuratively

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of pockmark

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pocked

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

used of paved surfaces having holes or pits

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pocked, potholed

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: с петна — having pockmarks
  • Czech: poďobaný — having pockmarks
  • Dutch: gepokt — having pockmarks
  • Finnish: rokonarpinen — having pockmarks
  • French: variolé — having pockmarks
  • German: pockennarbig — having pockmarks
  • Polish: dziobaty — having pockmarks
  • Russian: рябо́й (rjabój) — having pockmarks
  • Russian: щерба́тый (ščerbátyj) — having pockmarks
  • Serbo-Croatian: rošav — having pockmarks
  • Serbo-Croatian: rohav — having pockmarks
  • Serbo-Croatian: kozičav — having pockmarks
  • Serbo-Croatian: boginjav — having pockmarks
  • Serbo-Croatian: ospičav — having pockmarks
  • Spanish: cacarizo — having pockmarks
  • Swedish: koppärrig — having pockmarks
  • Bulgarian: надупчен (nadupčen) — pitted
  • Bulgarian: изпонабоден (izponaboden) — pitted
  • Czech: posetý dolíčky — pitted
  • Finnish: kuoppainen — pitted
  • Polish: dziobaty — pitted
  • Russian: изры́тый (izrýtyj) — pitted
  • Russian: я́мчатый (jámčatyj) — pitted
  • Russian: поби́тый (pobítyj) — pitted
  • Serbo-Croatian: izrovan — pitted
  • Serbo-Croatian: izrovaren — pitted
  • Serbo-Croatian: izrovašen — pitted