| Mean |
| Nasty |
| Harsh |
| Savage |
| Brutal |
| Unkind |
| Callous |
| Inhuman |
| Vicious |
| Beastly |
| Sadistic |
| Inhumane |
| Barbaric |
| Ruthless |
| Despotic |
| Pitiless |
| Barbarous |
| Merciless |
| Truculent |
| Very mean |
| Heartless |
| Monstrous |
| Draconian |
| Unmerciful |
| Diabolical |
| Unrelenting |
| Ironhearted |
| The ___ Sea |
| Remorseless |
| Very unkind |
| Cold-blooded |
| Ulcer (anag) |
| Hard-hearted |
| Not very nice |
| Black-hearted |
| More than mean |
| Unusual partner |
| Like fate, often |
| Meaner than mean |
| Mercilessly mean |
| Mean, mean, mean |
| Like Simon Legree |
| Unusual companion? |
| Mean, and then some |
| Nasty and then some |
| Bananarama's "Summer |
| Elvis' "Don't Be ___ |
| Like Monsarrat's sea |
| Deliberately hurtful |
| Capable of atrocities |
| Eighth Amendment word |
| Like April, per Eliot |
| Like Vlad the Impaler |
| Adjective for the sea. |
| Like a Grand Inquisitor |
| Not at all kind-hearted |
| Twisting the knife, say |
| Monsarrat's "The ___ Sea |
| Like some practical jokes |
| Steve Martin's "___ Shoes |
| Eighth Amendment adjective |
| Illegal kind of punishment |
| Like fairy-tale stepmothers |
| Like Cinderella's stepmother |
| Like Cinderella's stepsisters |
| ___ Shoes" (Steve Martin book) |