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Impugn

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To attack as false or questionable; challenge in argument: impugn a political opponent's record.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To assault, attack.

v. To verbally assault, especially to argue against an opinion, motive, or action; to question the truth or validity of.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To attack by words or arguments; to contradict; to assail; to call in question; to make insinuations against; to gainsay; to oppose.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To attack by words or arguments; contradict; assail; call in question; gainsay.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. attack as false or wrong

Word Usage

""impugn" Mr Needham under parliamentary privilege, the CMC was proving its independence by holding a public inquiry into a former ministerial staffer."

Verb Form

impugned impugning impugns

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

challenge

Form

impugned impugning impugner

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

contradict assail gainsay oppose attack

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

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