Synonyms of pockmark

pockmark

noun

ˈpäk-ˌmärk 

as in scar

something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing

the explosion left little pockmarks all over the face of the adjacent building

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scar
• defect
• blotch
• mark
• blight
• blemish
• distortion
• stain
• deformity
• irregularity
• fault
• flaw
• mar
• disfigurement
• imperfection
• excrescence
• spot
• abnormality
• bug
• blot
• injury
• weakness
• excrescency
• malformation
• taint
• damage
• misshape
• blur
• glitch
• kink
• failing
• impairment
• defacement

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• enhancement
• decoration
• ornament
• adornment
• embellishment

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pockmark

Granted, Miller was 33 in his first Buffalo season, but that six-year, $120 million transaction has been an organizational pockmark. — Tim Graham, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025

Romano posted that alongside a photo of her with a pockmark in her cheek just below an eye, adding that bullet fragments lodged behind her eye and in her forehead were too risky to remove. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2025

Taylor did fumble on his final carry, a pockmark on an otherwise solid day, but Indianapolis stuck to the run despite the early struggles, and eventually overpowered a hapless Houston front. — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2021

Worthy’s fumble was the lone pockmark on an otherwise pristine day. — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Oct. 2021