What is another word for pocked?

Pronunciation: [pˈɒkt] (IPA)

Pocked is an adjective that describes something that is marked with small indentations, pits or depressions. Synonyms for pocked include scarred, pitted, dotted, flecked, speckled, marked, blemished, dappled, freckled, and peppered. These words are used to describe surfaces that are not smooth and have various markings, such as acne scars, potholes in the road or small dents on a car. All these words can be used interchangeably with pocked, depending on the context and the object being described. For example, a pitted apple can also be described as a scarred apple or a dappled apple.

What are the opposite words for pocked?

Pocked refers to a surface full of small indentations or pits. The antonyms for the word pocked would be polished, sleek, smooth, refined or lustrous. These words describe surfaces that are free from any blemish, pit, or indentation. A polished surface is smooth, shiny, and gleaming. A sleek object has a smooth, glossy surface that slides easily. A refined surface is elegant and smooth with a subtle shine. Lustrous surfaces are glossy and bright, with a flawless and smooth finish. These antonyms are used to describe surfaces that are the opposite of pocked, providing an excellent contrast for comparison.

What are the antonyms for Pocked?

Usage examples for Pocked

They were very beautiful: slender stems of fire arching skyward to burst into blossoms of brilliant sparks, which illuminated the band of shell-pocked soil between the trenches as though it were day.
"Italy at War and the Allies in the West"
E. Alexander Powell
Everybody was looking down at the Moon, whose crater-pocked ugliness and beauty was sparsely dotted with the blue spots of stellene domes, many of them housing embryo enterprises that were trying to beat the blastoff cost of necessities brought from Earth, and to supply spacemen and colonists with their needs, cheaply.
"The Planet Strappers"
Raymond Zinke Gallun
This was sumptuous and yet dirty, hung with rare velvet curtains splashed with wine-stains, and panelled with costly woods which were pocked with pistol-marks.
"The Green Flag"
Arthur Conan Doyle

Famous quotes with Pocked

  • The makers of sneakers also thoughtfully pocked the soles with numberless crevices, craters, chevrons, mazes, crop circles, and other rubbery hieroglyphs, so that when you stepped in a moist pile of dog shit, as you most assuredly did within three bounds of leaving the house, they provided additional absorbing hours of pastime while you cleaned them out with a stick, gagging quietly but oddly content.
    Bill Bryson
  • They both spoke nobly at the end, they kept faith with their vows for each other. They left a great heritage of love, devotion, faith, and courage — all done with the sure intention that holy Anarchy should be glorified through their sacrifice and that the time would come that no human being should be humiliated or be made abject.This is not new — all the history of our world is pocked with it. It is very grand and noble in words and grand, noble souls have died for it — it is worth weeping for.The State goes on without end in one form or another, built securely on the base of destruction. Nietzsche said: "The State is the coldest of all cold monsters," and the revolutions which destroy or weaken at least one monster bring to birth and growth another.
    Katherine Anne Porter

Related words: pocket, pocket reader, pocketbook, the only pocket, pocket sized book

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