Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with harsh in American Collocation
harsh
adjective
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
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.