The father does not impugn her ability to be a good mother.
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Impugn
//ɪmˈpjuːn//
Synonyms for "impugn" (89 found)
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Related words (44)
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7 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 11 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὄνομαι verb (A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action)
Bulgarian
2 entries- опровергавам verb (A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action)
- оспорвам verb (question the validity of)
Czech
3 entries- napadnout verb (To assault, attack)
- zpochybnit verb (question the validity of)
- zpochybňovat verb (question the validity of)
Dutch
4 entries- aanvallen verb (To assault, attack)
- bestrijden verb (A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action)
- betwisten verb (question the validity of)
- weerspreken verb (A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action)
Finnish
3 entries- kiistää verb (A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action)
- kyseenalaistaa verb (A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action)
- kyseenalaistaa verb (question the validity of)
French
3 entries- attaquer verb (To assault, attack)
- contester verb (question the validity of)
- contredire verb (A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action)
German
4 entries- anfechten verb (A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action)
- anfechten verb (question the validity of)
- angreifen verb (To assault, attack)
- angreifen verb (question the validity of)
Russian
2 entries- оспаривать verb (question the validity of)
- подвергать сомнению verb (question the validity of)
Spanish
3 entries- arremeter verb (To assault, attack)
- impugnar verb (question the validity of)
- vilipendiar verb (To assault, attack)
Swedish
4 entries- angripa verb (To assault, attack)
- attackera verb (To assault, attack)
- bestrida verb (A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action)
- ifrågasätta verb (A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action)
Ukrainian
2 entries- оспорювати verb (question the validity of)
- ставити під сумнів verb (question the validity of)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
A language that can pluralize the word “truth” does not thereby impugn the uniqueness of the concept as a whole; “truths” may just refer to several statements, each of which is true, as in “the fundamental truths of science.”
Source: tatoeba (9505327)
I wouldn't impugn your integrity simply because we have different value systems.
Source: tatoeba (12192654)
For quotations using this term, see Citations:impugn.
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