hang-tough

adjective

Strong-willed or brave in the face of adversity; resilient.

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adjectivehang-tough (comparative more hang-tough, superlative most hang-tough)

comparative more hang-tough · superlative most hang-tough

  1. Strong-willed or brave in the face of adversity; resilient.

    Settle on those strong and powerful women behind the over-worked coal miners. The picture of angry, hang-tough, working-class women proves that it has been "a long hard struggle for labor and women."

    1977 December 3, Jim Marko, “Rousing Musical Tells Story of Working Women”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 22, page 13
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APA

hang-tough. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hang-tough

MLA

“hang-tough.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hang-tough. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hang-tough,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hang-tough.

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