156 entries under mean topic. ×
| acerb(sharp, nasty, bitter, caustic) | |
| compassionless(adjective, harsh, cruel, pitiless) | |
| contemptuous(sharp, harsh, critical, disapproving) | |
| corrosive(sharp, nasty, bitter, caustic) | |
| cutthroat(adjective, harsh, violent, cruel) | |
| derisive(sharp, nasty, bitter, caustic) | |
| disparaging(sharp, nasty, harsh, cross) | |
| dog-eat-dog(adjective, harsh, cruel, vicious) | |
| gratuitous(adjective, harsh, cruel, pitiless) | |
| hatchet job(expression, adjective, harsh, cruel) | |
| having a killer instinct(expression, adjective, idiom, harsh) | |
| iron-fisted(adjective, tough, firm, harsh) | |
| meager(adjective, hard, simple, lower) | |
| mean machine(expression, adjective, harsh, cruel) | |
| pitiful(simple, poor, awful, terrible) | |
| salty(sharp, cutting, sarcastic, mocking) | |
| satiric(adjective, sharp, sarcastic, scathing) | |
| scorching(adjective, sharp, nasty, bitter) | |
| scornful(sharp, ironic, sarcastic, mocking) | |
| uncalled-for(adjective, harsh, cruel, pitiless) |
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