pockmarked en · ADJ
Meanings
- Having pockmarks.
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Pitted, or scarred with holes.
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: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:
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(broadly, figuratively) Incomplete, lacking, having holes.
The student had, at best, a pockmarked understanding of the subject matter.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more pockmarked | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most pockmarked | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Hypernyms
Translations (27)
pl dziobaty (having pockmarks) · ru щерба́тый (having pockmarks) · sh boginjav (having pockmarks) · ru я́мчатый (pitted) · ru поби́тый (pitted) · sh ospičav (having pockmarks) · sh izrovašen (pitted) · de pockennarbig (having pockmarks) · nl gepokt (having pockmarks) · ru изры́тый (pitted) · bg с петна (having pockmarks) · ru рябо́й (having pockmarks) · bg надупчен (pitted) · cs poďobaný (having pockmarks) · fi kuoppainen (pitted) · sh rošav (having pockmarks) · bg изпонабоден (pitted) · cs posetý dolíčky (pitted) · sv koppärrig (having pockmarks) · sh kozičav (having pockmarks) · sh rohav (having pockmarks) · sh izrovaren (pitted) · sh izrovan (pitted) · pl dziobaty (pitted) · fi rokonarpinen (having pockmarks) · es cacarizo (having pockmarks) · fr variolé (having pockmarks)