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malicious

 adjective
     
ma‧li‧cious
very unkind and cruel, and deliberately behaving in a way that is likely to upset or hurt someone:
a malicious girl
malicious gossip/rumour
Who is responsible for these malicious rumours?
—maliciously adverb
—maliciousness noun [uncountable]
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