Adjective
1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering;
"a barbarous crime""brutal beatings""cruel tortures""Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks""a savage slap""vicious kicks"2. having the nature of vice
3. marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful;
"a malevolent lie""poisonous hate...in his eyes"- Ernest Hemingway"venomous criticism""vicious gossip"