malicious gossip
— Noun
– English
~ disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
malicious
— Adjective
– English
~ having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling
malign
— Adjective
– English
~ evil or harmful in nature or influence; "prompted by malign motives"; "believed in witches and malign spirits"; "gave him a malign look"; "a malign lesion"