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Definition of pitted : 1. Having minute thin spots; as, pitted ducts in the vascular parts of vegetable tissue.
2. Marked with little pits, as in smallpox. See Pit, v. t., 2.
3. of Pit

Synonyms:

down, fruit, wrecked, flawed, alveolate, candied, shot, faulty, apart, honeycombed, overripe, green, fleshy, seasonal, cellular, battered, kaput, broken, glace, ripe, mealy, faveolate, cavitied, trashed

Usage examples:

• For another thing, very pleasant to think of, he had successfully pitted the cunning behind his giant spectacles against the superior villainy of Mr. Van Busch of Johannesburg. - "The Dop Doctor", Clotilde Inez Mary Graves.
• The road bristled with rocks and was pitted with hollows; the fat horses dragged their feet at a slow walk. - "Joan of Arc of the North Woods", Holman Day.
• In person, his naturally ruddy complexion was hardly perceptible under the black metallic dust which powdered his curly black hair and the seams of a face pitted with the small- pox. - "The Village Rector", Honore de Balzac.