stubborn breakout

7.5

A skin blemish that is hard to get rid of

noun

: brote persistente

She tried several creams, but her stubborn breakout refused to go away.

Examples

Stress and hormones often led to a stubborn breakout on his forehead.
Many teenagers struggle with a stubborn breakout despite good skincare habits.
She has a stubborn breakout on her forehead.
I can't believe this stubborn breakout won't go away!
Many teenagers struggle with a stubborn breakout despite good skincare habits.
She tried several creams, but her stubborn breakout refused to go away.
Stress and hormones often led to a stubborn breakout on his forehead.

Antonyms

treatable

Specialized

31 3.5

A condition a doctor or medicine can cure

How Persistent

chronic eczema

Specialized

4.9

stubborn breakout

7.5

blemish

15 3.9

breakout

18 4.4

pimple

62 1.0

Surface Forms

stubborn breakout singular

stubborn breakouts plural

Morphology

stubborn + breakout

The phrase simply combines 'stubborn' (not easily removed or healed) with 'breakout' (a sudden appearance of blemishes), so the meaning 'a persistent, hard-to-treat skin blemish' is directly inferable from the parts. This is a straightforward adjective + noun composition and follows common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will very likely understand it.

Etymology

Stubborn breakout is a simple image: a breakout is a group of pimples on the skin, and stubborn shows they 'refuse to go away' or come back again and again. So, stubborn breakout means a skin blemish that is hard to treat and does not clear up easily.