having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling
If you describe someone's words or actions as malicious, you mean that they are intended to harm people or their reputation, or cause them embarrassment and upset. That might merely have been malicious gossip + maliciously ma·li·cious·ly his maliciously accurate imitation of Hubert de Burgh. very unkind and cruel, and deliberately behaving in a way that is likely to upset or hurt someone
having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in
wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred; "a gossipy malevolent old woman"; "failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful"