throw doubt on

VERB

impugn

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assail contravene tar

STRONG

attack blast break contradict cross deny dispute gainsay knock negate negative oppose question resist slam smear traduce trash traverse zap

WEAK

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 the book at thumb nose at zing

Antonyms

STRONG

agree aid allow approve assist compliment concede confirm corroborate go along help join praise stay support

WEAK

flatter

Example Sentences

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In a letter to the BBC, the lawyer makes claims that throw doubt on the story that has dominated front pages through the weekend.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2023

The revelations throw doubt on representations FBI Director Christopher A. Wray made to lawmakers during a closed-door session late last year.

From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2022

Although many of these businesses recognised as far back as the 1950s that the science was sound, they funded a body of widely disseminated research designed to throw doubt on that view.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2017

The BBC has obtained an internal Nike email that could throw doubt on that claim.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2015

The experts don’t believe in coincidence as much as I do, and I don’t want them to throw doubt on something that I’ve felt always, and actually known for about twenty years.”

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg

throw doubt on

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