Thesaurus / impugn
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synonyms for impugn
- assail
- contravene
- tar
- attack
- blast
- break
- contradict
- cross
- deny
- dispute
- gainsay
- knock
- negate
- negative
- oppose
- question
- resist
- slam
- smear
- traduce
- trash
- traverse
- zap
- call into question
- cast doubt upon
- come down on
- cut to shreds
- disaffirm
- pin something on
- put down
- run down
- skin alive
- stick it to
- swipe at
- throw doubt on
- throw the book at
- thumb nose at
- zing
See also synonyms for: impugnable / impugned / impugnment
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It’s more work for you, of course, but the goal is to ensure your behavior is above reproach while giving Wanda space to prove —or impugn — herself.
I CAN’T TRUST MY NEW CO-WORKER, AND I HAVE A LIST OF REASONS. HOW DO I TELL MANAGEMENT?KARLA MILLERFEBRUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POSTNeeld admitted that he had no reason to impugn the Major's character.
TRISTRAM OF BLENTANTHONY HOPETo suppose them to have been otherwise would be to impugn the common sense of our ancestors.
THE COLLECTED WORKS OF AMBROSE BIERCEAMBROSE BIERCEI do not perceive that my associates impugn a single statement of fact contained in my note.
A REPORT OF THE DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS IN THE SECRET SESSIONS OF THE CONFERENCE CONVENTIONLUCIUS EUGENE CHITTENDENThis practice is of such venerable antiquity, and so universal, that it would be vain to impugn it.
THE PHYSICAL LIFE OF WOMAN:DR. GEORGE H NAPHEYSBut without meaning to impugn his veracity, or to dispute the register, we may say that he has scarcely got anybody to believe it.
THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW, VOLUME 36, NOVEMBER 1879VARIOUSNo one, I think, will venture to impugn the motives or the purity of the intentions of Miss Heald in taking this step.
LOLA MONTEZEDMUND B. D'AUVERGNEThe civil, which this man cuts to pieces, he was not bold enough to impugn.
THE CITY OF GOD, VOLUME IAURELIUS AUGUSTINEIt is a piece of bare-faced impudence to impugn the girl's honour.
ATLANTISGERHART HAUPTMANNTo give way to passion would have been but to impugn the solemnity of her past regrets.
ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOLUME 20, NO. 118, AUGUST, 1887VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO IMPUGN
- advances
- aggresses
- ambushes
- assails
- assaults
- bashes
- bats
- beans
- beats
- besets
- besieges
- biffs
- blasts
- blisters
- boffs
- bombards
- boots
- bops
- brains
- busts
- charges
- chops down
- clips
- clocks
- clubs
- combats
- cooks
- harms
- hits
- hurts
- infiltrates
- invades
- jumps
- kicks
- knocks block off
- knocks cold
- knocks for a loop
- larrups
- lies siege to
- light into
- molests
- mugs
- overwhelms
- pounce upon
- punches
- raids
- rushes
- sets upon
- slogs
- soaks
- stabs
- storms
- strikes
- takes the offensive
- turns on
- wallops
- whops
- abuse
- admonish
- animadvert
- asperse
- attack
- backbite
- berate
- blame
- carp at
- castigate
- cavil
- chastise
- chide
- contemn
- cut up
- denigrate
- denounce
- deprecate
- disapprove
- discipline
- disparage
- exprobate
- find fault with
- get after
- impugn
- incriminate
- judge
- knock
- lecture
- look askance
- ostracize
- pick apart
- pull apart
- read out
- rebuff
- rebuke
- remonstrate
- reprehend
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprove
- scold
- take to task
- tear apart
- tell off
- upbraid
- accost
- arouse
- ask for
- assert
- beard
- brave
- call for
- call out
- claim
- confront
- cross
- dare
- defy
- demand
- denounce
- exact
- face down
- face off
- face the music
- fly in the face of
- hang in
- impeach
- impose
- impugn
- inquire
- insist upon
- investigate
- invite competition
- make a point of
- make a stand
- object to
- provoke
- query
- reclaim
- require
- search out
- stand up to
- stick it out
- stimulate
- summon
- tax
- test
- throw down the gauntlet
- try
- vindicate
- accosts
- arouses
- asks for
- asserts
- beards
- braves
- calls for
- calls out
- claims
- confronts
- crosses
- dares
- defies
- demands
- denounces
- exacts
- faces down
- faces off
- faces the music
- flies in the face of
- hangs in
- impeaches
- imposes
- impugns
- inquires
- insists upon
- investigates
- invites competition
- makes a point of
- makes a stand
- objects to
- provokes
- queries
- reclaims
- requires
- searches out
- stands up to
- sticks it out
- stimulates
- summons
- taxes
- tests
- throws down the gauntlet
- tries
- vindicates
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