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malicious gossip

n. disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people [syn: scandal, dirt]

Usage examples of "malicious gossip".

Mauney loathed Cahoon, and whenever possible, Mauney dropped poison pellets about his boss, spreading malicious gossip hinting at eccentricities, poor judgement, idiocy, and malignant motives for the good in the world Cahoon had done.

Those who have condemned her for taking on a man's job hail my actions as proof of her incompetence, reviving all the malicious gossip that has plagued her for years-much of it started by your brother.

Nothing spreads so fast as gossip, and malicious gossip has a demonic life all its own.

The malicious gossip, the whispers would ruin us and cast a stain on the character of my sainted mother.

That is the only way I can get a husband and leave this haven of malicious gossip and ugly power struggles.

But petty malicious gossip was exactly what I had been hoping to get.

It was clear that there was some embarrassment, especially among those who had listened avidly and perhaps passed on some item of malicious gossip.

She appeared to know everything there was to know about everyone in village, countryside, and castle, and our explorations were punctuated by rests during which she entertained me with complaints about her husband's stomach trouble, and amusing if somewhat malicious gossip.

He had thought it merely malicious gossip when they assured him at the Ministry that M.

You're angry because your bar buddies lost their cushy jobs, so you're helping to spread the malicious gossip they started.

The cluster of Guild ships continued to lock down all activity on the deserts below, and Shaddam waited with the eagerness of a malicious gossip to learn what embarrassing errors and cover-ups the inspectors had found.