pockmark

/ˌpɑkˈmɑrk/

Other forms: pockmarked; pockmarks; pockmarking

A pockmark is a small, concave scar on a person's skin. Pockmarks can be caused by severe acne.

People who have a lot of pimples as teenagers sometimes end up with pockmarks on their faces as adults. Any serious skin condition — including chickenpox or insect bites — can result in a pockmark. You can also use this word as a verb, either to mean "mark with scars," or to describe something that reminds you of pockmarked skin: "The rain pockmarks the smooth sand on the beach."

Definitions of pockmark

1. noun

   a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease
   type of:

   cicatrice, cicatrix, scar

   a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
2. verb

   mark with or as if with pockmarks
   “Her face was pockmarked by the disease”

   type of:

   mark, pit, pock, scar

   mark with a scar