impugn (redirected from impugning)

im·pugn  (m-pyn)

tr.v. im·pugned, im·pugn·ing, im·pugns

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

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[Middle English impugnen, from Old French impugner, from Latin impugnre : in-, against; see in-² + pugnre, to fight; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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im·pugna·ble adj.

im·pugner n.

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impugn [ɪmˈpjuːn]

vb

(tr) to challenge or attack as false; assail; criticize

[from Old French impugner, from Latin impugnāre to fight against, attack, from im- + pugnāre to fight]

impugnable  adj

impugnation  [ˌɪmpʌgˈneɪʃən], impugnment n

impugner  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

impugn - attack as false or wrong challenge - issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"

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impugn

verb (Formal) challenge, question, attack, dispute, criticize, call into question, assail, gainsay (archaic or literary), traduce, cast doubt upon I hope the good name of the company will not be impugned.

Translations

impugn [ɪmˈpjuːn] VT [+ integrity, honesty, motives] → poner en duda; [+ theory] → cuestionar; [+ testimony] → impugnar

impugn [ɪmˈpjuːn] vt [+ motives, integrity] → contester

impugn

vt person → angreifen; sb’s behaviour etc also → scharfe Kritik üben an (+dat); sb’s honesty, motives → in Zweifel ziehen, Zweifel hegen an (+dat); statement, evidence, veracity of witness → bestreiten, anfechten

impugn [ɪmˈpjuːn] vt (frm) → attaccare, contestare