pockmark

¹pock·mark

noun \ˈpäk-ˌmärk\

Definition of POCKMARK

: a mark, pit, or depressed scar caused by smallpox or acne; also : an imperfection or depression like a pockmark

Examples of POCKMARK

1. The bullets left pockmarks in the wall.
2. <the explosion left little pockmarks all over the face of the adjacent building>

First Known Use of POCKMARK

circa 1673

Related to POCKMARK

Synonyms: blight, blotch, defect, deformity, disfigurement, excrescence, excrescency, fault, flaw, imperfection, mar, mark, blemish, scar

Related Words: abnormality, distortion, irregularity, malformation, misshape; bug, glitch, kink; blot, blur, spot, stain, taint; damage, defacement, impairment, injury; failing, weakness

Near Antonyms: adornment, decoration, embellishment, enhancement, ornament

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Rhymes with POCKMARK

aardvark, airpark, anarch, autarch, ballpark, benchmark, birthmark, blue shark, bookmark, check mark, chop mark, debark, demark, Denmark, D-mark, earmark, embark, endarch, exarch, footmark, futhark, Graustark, hallmark, hash mark, horned lark, ironbark, landmark, Lamarck, monarch, Petrarch, pitch-dark, Plutarch, postmark, pressmark, pugmark, reichsmark, remark, remarque, Remarque, ringbark, seamark, shagbark, sitzmark, skylark, soapbark, space mark, stress mark, tanbark, tetrarch, theme park, tidemark, titlark, touchmark, trademark, whale shark