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Common collocations with harsh in American Collocation

harsh adjective

US /hɑrʃ/

very

notoriously
unbelievably

They were fighting over unbelievably harsh terrain in foul weather and at night.

more than usual

exceptionally
particularly
unusually

An unusually harsh winter led to a famine in which 30,000 people died.

environment

desert
environment
terrain

They will have to trek across the harsh Namibian desert.

conditions

conditions

People questioned the contrast between the vast wealth of the ruling class and the harsh conditions of the working class.

weather

climate
weather
winter

In the mountainous interior, the climate is harsher and the soil poorer.

light

glare
lighting
spotlight
sunlight

He preferred candles to the harsh glare of electric lighting.

arid
barren
bleak
inhospitable

The landscape we pass through is harsh, barren and empty.