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impugn
to challenge the truth, honesty, or integrity of something
Synonyms
- question
- challenge
- dispute
Antonyms
- affirm
- defend
- vindicate
impugn in a sentence
The attorney tried to impugn the witness's account of the accident.
Critics impugned the report because several of its sources could not be verified.
Where it comes from
From Latin impugnare, meaning 'to attack or assail.'
Memory hook
IMPUGN contains PUGN, meaning 'fight': to impugn is to fight a claim's credibility.
Read it in context
- The Visible Scars Arts