Synonyms for Impugn:

v.
• assail
- be rate
- be rated
- be rates
- be rating
- be sets
- be setting
- be-rate
- be-rated
- be-rates
- be-rating
- be-set
- be-sets
- be-setting
- haddest at
- hadst at
- has at
- hast at
- hath at
- having at
- lay in to
- re vile
- re-vile
- set up on
- sets up on
- setting up on
- setting upon
- works over
- wrought over
• attack
- jump case
- jump down one throat
- jump down ones throat
- jump on case
- jump on one case
- jump on ones case
- jump one case
- jump one's case
- jump ones case
- jumped case
- jumped down one throat
- jumped down one's throat
- jumped down ones throat
- jumped down throat
- jumped on case
- jumped on one case
- jumped on one's case
- jumped on ones case
- jumped one case
- jumped one's case
- jumped ones case
- jumping case
- jumping down one throat
- jumping down one's throat
- jumping down ones throat
- jumping down throat
- jumping on case
- jumping on one case
- jumping on one's case
- jumping on ones case
- jumping one case
- jumping one's case
- jumping ones case
- jumps case
- jumps down one throat
- jumps down one's throat
- jumps down ones throat
- jumps down throat
- jumps on case
- jumps on one case
- jumps on one's case
- jumps on ones case
- jumps one case
- jumps one's case
- jumps ones case
- re prove
- re proved
- re proves
- re proving
- re-prove
- re-proved
- re-proves
- re-proving
- shooting down
- shoots down
• blame
- go at
• censure
- carped at
- carping at
- carps at
- dis approve
- dis approved
- dis approves
- dis approving
- dis-approve
- dis-approved
- dis-approves
- dis-approving
- ex probate
- ex probated
- ex probates
- ex probating
- ex-probate
- ex-probated
- ex-probates
- ex-probating
- exprobated
- exprobates
- exprobating
- finding fault with
- finds fault with
- found fault with
- gat after
- gets after
- getting after
- got after
- gotten after
- in criminate
- in criminated
- in criminates
- in criminating
- in-criminate
- in-criminated
- in-criminates
- in-criminating
- looked askance
- looking askance
- looks askance
- picked apart
- picking apart
- picks apart
- pulled apart
- pulling apart
- re buff
- re buffed
- re buffing
- re buffs
- re-buff
- re-buffed
- re-buffing
- re-buffs
- reads out
- take task
- takes task
- takes to task
- taking task
- taking to task
- tare apart
- tears apart
- took task
- took to task
- up braid
- up braided
- up braids
- up-braid
- up-braided
- up-braiding
- up-braids
• challenge
- asking for
- asks for
- calling out
- ex act
- ex acted
- ex acting
- ex acts
- ex-act
- ex-acted
- ex-acting
- ex-acts
- face music
- faced down
- faced off
- faces down
- faces off
- facing down
- facing off
- flew face of
- flew in face of
- flew in the face of
- flew the face of
- flies face of
- flies in face of
- flies in the face of
- flies the face of
- fly face of
- fly the face of
- flying face of
- flying in face of
- flying in the face of
- flying the face of
- hanged in
- hangs in
- hung in
- in quire
- in quired
- in quires
- in quiring
- in-quire
- in-quired
- in-quires
- in-quiring
- insist up on
- insisted up on
- insisted upon
- insisting up on
- insisting upon
- insists up on
- insists upon
- invited competition
- invites competition
- inviting competition
- made a point of
- made a stand
- made point of
- made stand
- make point of
- make stand
- makes a point of
- makes a stand
- makes point of
- makes stand
- making a point of
- making a stand
- making point of
- making stand
- objected to
- objecting to
- objects to
- re claim
- re claimed
- re claiming
- re claims
- re quire
- re quired
- re quires
- re quiring
- re-claimed
- re-claiming
- re-claims
- re-quire
- re-quired
- re-quires
- re-quiring
- searches out
- standing up to
- stands to
- stands up to
- sticked it out
- sticking it out
- sticks it out
- stood to
- stuck it out
• charge
- Whistleblowing
- blew the whistle on
- blew whistle on
- blowing the whistle on
- blowing whistle on
- blows the whistle on
- blows whistle on
- drag in to court
- dragged in to court
- dragged into court
- dragging in to court
- dragging into court
- drags in to court
- drags into court
- hanged something on
- hanging something on
- hangs something on
- hung something on
- in dict
- in-dict
- pointed finger at
- pointed the finger at
- pointing finger at
- pointing the finger at
- points finger at
- points the finger at
- whistle blew
- whistle blow
- whistle blowing
- whistle blows
- whistle-blew
- whistle-blowing
- whistle-blows
- whistleblew
- whistleblow
- whistleblows
• communication
- impugn
• contradict
- be lied
- be lying
- be-lied
- be-lying
- call question
- called in question
- called question
- calling in question
- calling question
- calls in question
- calls question
- counter act
- counter acted
- counter acting
- counter acts
- counter-act
- counter-acted
- counter-acting
- counter-acts
- dis affirm
- dis affirmed
- dis affirming
- dis affirms
- dis claim
- dis claimed
- dis claiming
- dis claims
- dis-affirm
- dis-affirmed
- dis-affirming
- dis-affirms
- dis-claim
- dis-claimed
- dis-claiming
- dis-claims
- had bone pick
- had bone to pick
- haddest bone pick
- haddest bone to pick
- hadst bone pick
- hadst bone to pick
- has bone pick
- has bone to pick
- hast bone pick
- hast bone to pick
- hath bone pick
- hath bone to pick
- have bone pick
- having bone pick
- having bone to pick
- refuse accept
- refused accept
- refused to accept
- refuses accept
- refuses to accept
- refusing accept
- refusing to accept
- thumbsed down
- thumbses down
- thumbsing down
• contravene
- conflicted with
- conflicting with
- conflicts with
- dis obey
- dis obeyed
- dis obeying
- dis obeys
- dis-obey
- dis-obeyed
- dis-obeying
- dis-obeys
- in fracted
- in fringe
- in fringed
- in fringes
- in fringing
- in-fracted
- in-fringe
- in-fringed
- in-fringes
- in-fringing
- infracts
- inter fere
- inter feres
- inter pose
- inter posed
- inter posing
- inter-fere
- inter-feres
- inter-pose
- inter-posed
- inter-posing
- over stepped
- over stepping
- over steps
- over-stepped
- over-stepping
- over-steps
• criticize, challenge
- put down
- run down
• denigrate
- bad mouth
- be smirch
- be smirched
- be smirches
- be smirching
- be-smirch
- be-smirched
- be-smirches
- be-smirching
- de cried
- de cries
- de cry
- de crying
- de fame
- de famed
- de fames
- de faming
- de-cried
- de-cries
- de-cry
- de-crying
- de-fame
- de-famed
- de-fames
- de-faming
- dissed
- disses
- gave black eye
- gives black eye
- giving black eye
- mudslinged
- mudslings
- ripped up
- ripping up
- rips up
• denounce
- charges with
- charging with
- de claim
- de claimed
- de claiming
- de claims
- de-claim
- de-claimed
- de-claiming
- de-claims
- denunciated
- denunciates
- denunciating
- ex pose
- ex posed
- ex-pose
- ex-posed
- ex-posing
- inveighed against
- inveighing against
- inveighs against
- pro scribe
- pro scribed
- pro scribes
- pro scribing
- pro-scribe
- pro-scribed
- pro-scribes
- pro-scribing
- re probate
- re probated
- re probates
- re probating
- re-probate
- re-probated
- re-probates
- re-probating
• disavow
- dis acknowledge
- dis acknowledged
- dis acknowledges
- dis acknowledging
- dis allow
- dis allowed
- dis allowing
- dis allows
- dis avow
- dis avowed
- dis avowing
- dis avows
- dis owned
- dis owning
- dis-acknowledge
- dis-acknowledged
- dis-acknowledges
- dis-acknowledging
- dis-allow
- dis-allowed
- dis-allowing
- dis-allows
- dis-avow
- dis-avowed
- dis-avowing
- dis-avows
- dis-owned
- dis-owning
- go back word
- goes back on word
- goes back word
- going back on word
- going back word
- re fuse
- re fused
- re fuses
- re fusing
- re nig
- re nigged
- re nigging
- re nigs
- re-fuse
- re-fused
- re-nig
- re-nigged
- re-nigging
- re-nigs
- renigged
- renigging
- renigs
- washed hands of
- washes hands of
- washing hands of
- weaseled out of
- weaseling out of
- weasels out of
- went back on word
- went back word
- wormed out of
- worming out of
- worms out of
• disprove
- blew sky high
- blowing sky high
- blows sky high
- dis confirm
- dis confirmed
- dis confirming
- dis confirms
- dis credit
- dis credited
- dis crediting
- dis credits
- dis prove
- dis proved
- dis proves
- dis proving
- dis-confirm
- dis-confirmed
- dis-confirming
- dis-confirms
- dis-credit
- dis-credited
- dis-crediting
- dis-credits
- dis-prove
- dis-proved
- dis-proves
- dis-proving
- disconfirms
- finding unfounded
- finds unfounded
- found unfounded
- in validate
- in validated
- in validates
- in validating
- in-validate
- in-validated
- in-validates
- in-validating
- knocked bottom out of
- knocked props out
- knocking bottom out of
- knocking props out
- knocks bottom out of
- knocks props out
- over threw
- over throw
- over throwing
- over thrown
- over throws
- over turning
- over turns
- over-threw
- over-throw
- over-throwing
- over-thrown
- over-throws
- over-turn
- over-turning
- over-turns
- poked holes in
- pokes holes in
- poking holes in
- re butted
- re butting
- re-butted
- re-butting
- sets aside
- shooting holes in
- shoots holes in
- shot holes in
• dispute
- bumped heads
- bumping heads
- bumps heads
- de bate
- de bated
- de bates
- de bating
- de-bate
- de-bated
- de-bates
- de-bating
- dis cept
- dis cuss
- dis cussed
- dis cusses
- dis cussing
- dis-cept
- dis-cuss
- dis-cussed
- dis-cusses
- dis-cussing
- discepted
- discepting
- discepts
- kicks around
- pick bone
- picked a bone
- picked bone
- picking a bone
- picking bone
- picks a bone
- picks bone
- thrashed out
- thrashes out
- thrashing out
- tosses around
- tossing around
- tost around
• doubt
- am a quandary
- am apprehensive of
- am curious
- am dubious
- am in a quandary
- am puzzled
- am quandary
- am uncertain
- am undetermined
- are a quandary
- are apprehensive of
- are curious
- are dubious
- are in a quandary
- are in quandary
- are puzzled
- are quandary
- are uncertain
- are undetermined
- art a quandary
- art apprehensive of
- art curious
- art in a quandary
- art in quandary
- art puzzled
- art quandary
- art uncertain
- art undetermined
- be a quandary
- be in quandary
- be quandary
- being a quandary
- being apprehensive of
- being curious
- being dubious
- being in a quandary
- being in quandary
- being puzzled
- being quandary
- being uncertain
- being undetermined
- dis believe
- dis believed
- dis believes
- dis believing
- dis trust
- dis trusted
- dis trusting
- dis trusts
- dis-believe
- dis-believed
- dis-believes
- dis-believing
- dis-trust
- dis-trusted
- dis-trusting
- dis-trusts
- gave no credence
- gives no credence
- giving no credence
- had qualms
- haddest qualms
- hadst qualms
- harbored suspicion
- harboring suspicion
- harbors suspicion
- has qualms
- hast qualms
- hath qualms
- having qualms
- in sinuate
- in sinuated
- in sinuates
- in sinuating
- in-sinuate
- in-sinuated
- in-sinuates
- in-sinuating
- is a quandary
- is apprehensive of
- is curious
- is dubious
- is in a quandary
- is in quandary
- is puzzled
- is quandary
- is uncertain
- is undetermined
- mis gave
- mis give
- mis given
- mis gives
- mis giving
- mis trust
- mis trusted
- mis trusting
- mis trusts
- mis-gave
- mis-give
- mis-given
- mis-gives
- mis-giving
- mis-trust
- mis-trusted
- mis-trusting
- not bought
- not buying
- not buys
- reading differently
- reads differently
- shilly shally
- skepticized
- skepticizes
- skepticizing
- smell rat
- smelled a rat
- smelled rat
- smelling rat
- smells a rat
- smells rat
- smelt a rat
- smelt rat
- sur mise
- sur mises
- sur-mise
- sur-mises
- takes dim view of
- taking dim view of
- took dim view of
- was a quandary
- was apprehensive of
- was curious
- was dubious
- was in a quandary
- was in quandary
- was puzzled
- was quandary
- was uncertain
- was undetermined
- wast a quandary
- wast apprehensive of
- wast curious
- wast dubious
- wast in a quandary
- wast in quandary
- wast puzzled
- wast quandary
- wast uncertain
- wast undetermined
- were a quandary
- were apprehensive of
- were curious
- were dubious
- were in a quandary
- were in quandary
- were puzzled
- were quandary
- were uncertain
- were undetermined
- wert a quandary
- wert apprehensive of
- wert curious
- wert dubious
- wert in a quandary
- wert in quandary
- wert puzzled
- wert quandary
- wert uncertain
- wert undetermined
- wondered at
- wondering at
- wonders at
• gainsay
- dis agree
- dis agreed
- dis agreeing
- dis agrees
- dis-agree
- dis-agreed
- dis-agreeing
- dis-agrees
- with stand
- with standing
- with stands
- with stood
- with-stand
- with-standing
- with-stands
• impeach
- bringing charges against
- brings charges against
- brought charges against
- call account
- call in to question
- casting aspersions on
- casting doubt on
- casts aspersions on
- casts doubt on
- held at fault
- held fault
- hold fault
- holding at fault
- holding fault
- holds at fault
- holds fault
• misdoubt
- had doubts
- had one doubts
- had one's doubts
- had ones doubts
- haddest doubts
- haddest one doubts
- haddest one's doubts
- haddest ones doubts
- hadst doubts
- hadst one doubts
- hadst one's doubts
- hadst ones doubts
- has doubts
- has one doubts
- has one's doubts
- has ones doubts
- hast doubts
- hast one doubts
- hast one's doubts
- hast ones doubts
- hath doubts
- hath one doubts
- hath one's doubts
- hath ones doubts
- have one doubts
- have ones doubts
- having doubts
- having one doubts
- having one's doubts
- having ones doubts
- mis doubt
- mis doubted
- mis doubting
- mis doubts
- mis-doubt
- mis-doubted
- mis-doubting
- mis-doubts
• negate
- Counterchecked
- canceling out
- cancels out
- counter check
- counter checked
- counter checking
- counter checks
- counter-check
- counter-checked
- counter-checking
- counter-checks
- re dress
- re dresses
- re dressing
- re peal
- re pealed
- re pealing
- re peals
- re tract
- re tracts
- re verse
- re versing
- re-dress
- re-dressed
- re-dresses
- re-dressing
- re-pealed
- re-pealing
- re-peals
- re-tract
- re-tracts
- re-verse
- re-versed
- turned thumbs down
- turning thumbs down
- turns thumbs down
- un did
- un does
- un doing
- un done
- un-did
- un-does
- un-doing
Other synonyms:

•

blacken someone's reputation/name/character
bruise
discredit
disgrace
slander
smear
stain
taint
talk trash

Other relevant words:

• accuse

charge
tax

• attack

blitzed
blitzing
jump down one's throat
jump down throat
jump on one's case
shoot down
shot down
stretch

• contradict

deny

• disprove

blow sky high
disconfirm
disconfirmed
disconfirming
find unfounded
knock bottom out of
knock props out
over turn
poke holes in
setting aside
shoot holes in

• doubt

• negate

• question

• traverse

• Other relevant words (noun):

speech

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Independent
- Verb, base form
  attack, challenge, rebut.
Other Related
- Verb, base form
  contest.

What are the hypernyms for Impugn?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Other hypernyms:
attack, challenge, criticize, disagree, dispute, oppose, question.

What are the hyponyms for Impugn?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

hyponyms for impugn (as verbs)
- communication
  challenge.

What are the opposite words for impugn?

Impugn, which means to question the truth or validity of something, has several antonyms. These include support, defend, affirm, approve, agree, confirm, trust, and endorse. While impugning involves casting doubt on someone or something, their antonyms are associated with confirming or endorsing them. For instance, you can support someone's beliefs, endorse a statement, or trust in a person. These antonyms have positive connotations and are often used to show agreement or solidarity with someone or something. Understanding the antonyms for impugn can help in building an effective communication strategy that promotes confidence and agreement.

What are the antonyms for Impugn?

v.
• advocate
- Furthering
- Sided
- Upheld
- am corner
- am in corner
- are corner
- are in corner
- argue for
- argued for
- argues for
- art corner
- art in corner
- be corner
- be in corner
- being corner
- being in corner
- brace up
- braced up
- braces up
- bracing up
- campaign for
- campaigned for
- campaigning for
- campaigns for
- de fend
- de fended
- de fending
- de fends
- de-fend
- de-fended
- de-fending
- de-fends
- gat bandwagon
- gat on bandwagon
- gave a leg up
- gave a lift
- gave leg up
- gave lift
- get bandwagon
- get on bandwagon
- gets bandwagon
- gets on bandwagon
- getting bandwagon
- getting on bandwagon
- give a leg up
- give a lift
- give leg up
- give lift
- gives a leg up
- gives a lift
- gives leg up
- gives lift
- giving a leg up
- giving a lift
- giving leg up
- giving lift
- go bat for
- go with
- going with
- got bandwagon
- got on bandwagon
- gotten bandwagon
- gotten on bandwagon
- held with
- hold with
- holding with
- holds with
- is corner
- is in corner
- plead for
- pleaded for
- pleading for
- pleads for
- pled for
- plump for
- plumped for
- plumping for
- plumps for
- press for
- pressed for
- presses for
- pressing for
- pro mote
- pro motes
- pro moting
- pro pose
- pro posed
- pro posing
- pro-mote
- pro-motes
- pro-moting
- pro-pose
- pro-posing
- promotes
- ran interference for
- re commend
- re commended
- re commending
- re commends
- re-commend
- re-commended
- re-commending
- re-commends
- rid shotgun for
- ride shotgun for
- rides shotgun for
- riding shotgun for
- rode shotgun for
- root for
- rooted for
- rooting for
- run interference for
- running interference for
- runs interference for
- said so
- say so
- saying so
- says so
- spake for
- speak for
- speaking for
- speaks for
- spoke for
- spread around
- spreading around
- spreads around
- stump for
- stumped for
- stumping for
- stumps for
- up held
- up hold
- up holding
- up holds
- up-held
- up-hold
- up-holding
- up-holds
- was corner
- was in corner
- wast corner
- wast in corner
- were corner
- were in corner
- wert corner
- wert in corner
• criticize, challenge
- agree
- aid
- allow
- approve
- assist
- compliment
- concede
- confirm
- corroborate
- flatter
- go along
- help
- join
- praise
- stay
- support
• support idea or cause publicly
- advocate

Usage examples for Impugn

Drummond's oxygen light; and on the other hand, how frequently are the bluest azure of heaven and the most balmy airs shed upon the heart bursting with affliction, or the head bowed with grief; and without any desire to impugn, as a much high authority has done, the moral character of the moon, how many a scene of blood and rapine has its mild radiance illumined.

"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"

Charles James Lever (1806-1872)

He would impugn no man's motives, least of all the motives of the dead; but those who had set this train of events in motion had been always the enemies of the constitutional movement.

"John Redmond's Last Years"

Stephen Gwynn

If, when immortal, I was slain, For daring to impugn his reign, How shall I, thus infirm?

"Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse"

Richard Doddridge Blackmore

Famous quotes with Impugn

By calling him humourless I mean to impugn his seriousness, categorically: such a man must rig up his probity

Martin Amis

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