Thesaurus / impugn
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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
- be apprehensive of
- be curious
- be dubious
- be in a quandary
- be puzzled
- be uncertain
- be undetermined
- call in question
- challenge
- demur
- disbelieve
- discredit
- dispute
- distrust
- fear
- fluctuate
- give no credence
- harbor suspicion
- have one's doubts
- have qualms
- hesitate
- imagine
- impugn
- insinuate
- misgive
- mistrust
- not buy
- query
- question
- read differently
- scruple
- shilly-shally
- skepticize
- smell a rat
- surmise
- suspect
- take dim view of
- vacillate
- waver
- wonder
- wonder at
- abate
- abolish
- abrogate
- annihilate
- annul
- belie
- blackball
- break with
- cancel
- cancel out
- controvert
- countercheck
- cross
- deny
- ding
- disaffirm
- disallow
- disprove
- dump
- fly in the face of
- frustrate
- gainsay
- impugn
- invalidate
- kill
- negative
- neutralize
- nullify
- oppose
- put down
- quash
- rebut
- redress
- refute
- repeal
- rescind
- retract
- reverse
- revoke
- stonewall
- traverse
- turn down
- turn thumbs down
- undo
- vitiate
- void
- abates
- abolishes
- abrogates
- annihilates
- annuls
- belies
- blackballs
- breaks with
- cancels
- cancels out
- controverts
- counterchecks
- crosses
- denies
- dings
- disaffirms
- disallows
- disproves
- dumps
- flies in the face of
- frustrates
- gainsays
- impugns
- invalidates
- kills
- negatives
- neutralizes
- nullifies
- opposes
- puts down
- quashes
- rebuts
- redresses
- refutes
- repeals
- rescinds
- retracts
- reverses
- revokes
- stonewalls
- traverses
- turns down
- turns thumbs down
- undoes
- vitiates
- voids
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