Answer: cruel

AnswerCrossword Clue
CRUELBlack-hearted
CRUELLike some practical jokes
crueldisposed to inflict pain
cruelwillfully causing pain
CRUELLike Vlad the Impaler
CRUELDeliberately hurtful
CRUELIronhearted
CRUELDespotic
CRUELHaving no mercy
CRUELSavage
CRUELNasty and then some
CRUELLike Caligula
CRUELLike Cinderella's stepsisters
CRUELSteve Martin's "... Shoes"
CRUELMonstrous
CRUELLike a Grand Inquisitor
CRUELBananarama's "Summer"
CRUELNot at all kind-hearted
CRUELElvis' "Don't Be ..."
CRUELHard-hearted.
CRUELIllegal kind of punishment
CRUELRuthless.
CRUELBarbarous.
CRUELMerciless.
CRUELPitiless.
CRUELUnkind.
CRUELNeronian.
CRUELLike Sade.
CRUELTyrannic.
CRUEL"The ... Sea"
CRUELTruculent
CRUELLike Monsarrat's sea
CRUELLike fate, often
CRUELMonsarrat's "The ... Sea"
CRUELRemorseless
CRUELUnrelenting
CRUELLike fairy-tale stepmothers
CRUELBeastly
CRUELHardhearted
CRUELDiabolical