What is another word for impugn?
1313 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɪmpjˈuːn], [ ɪmpjˈuːn], [ ɪ_m_p_j_ˈuː_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for impugn:- arraign (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- assail (verb)
- attack (verb)
- blame (verb)
- censure (verb)
- challenge (verb)
- charge (verb)
- communication (verb)
- contradict (verb)
- contravene (verb)
- criticize, challenge (verb)
- denigrate (verb)
- denounce (verb)
- disavow (verb)
- disprove (verb)
- dispute (verb)
- doubt (verb)
- gainsay (verb)
- impeach (verb)
- misdoubt (verb)
- negate (verb)
- query (verb)
- question (verb)
- traverse (verb)
- other synonyms
- accuse
- attack
- contradict
- disprove
- doubt
- negate
- other relevant words
- question
- traverse
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Impugn:
n.
•arraign (noun) •Other relevant words: (noun)v.
•assail (verb)- be-sets,
- be rate,
- having at,
- be-set,
- be-rated,
- be-setting,
- be-rates,
- lay in to,
- hath at,
- hadst at,
- re vile,
- be sets,
- be setting,
- setting up on,
- be rates,
- haddest at,
- be-rate,
- hast at,
- be rating,
- be-rating,
- be rated,
- re-vile,
- setting upon,
- works over,
- has at,
- sets up on,
- set up on,
- wrought over.
- jumping on one's case,
- jump on ones case,
- jump on case,
- re-proved,
- jumps on one's case,
- jumps ones case,
- jumping ones case,
- jumped on one's case,
- jumped case,
- jumping one's case,
- jumping down throat,
- jump down ones throat,
- jumped down throat,
- jumps on case,
- jump one's case,
- jumps case,
- jumps down one throat,
- jumped one's case,
- jumped on one case,
- jumping down one throat,
- shooting down,
- jumps on one case,
- re-proves,
- jumps down one's throat,
- jumped down ones throat,
- shoots down,
- jumps one case,
- jumped down one throat,
- jumping on one case,
- jumps one's case,
- jumped one case,
- re proved,
- jump on one case,
- jumping down ones throat,
- re-proving,
- jumping case,
- jump down one throat,
- re proving,
- jumped down one's throat,
- jump one case,
- jumping one case,
- jumping on case,
- jumping on ones case,
- jumps down throat,
- jump case,
- jumped on case,
- jumped on ones case,
- re-prove,
- jumps on ones case,
- jumping down one's throat,
- re prove,
- jump ones case,
- jumps down ones throat,
- re proves,
- jumped ones case.
- got after,
- gotten after,
- took task,
- looked askance,
- ex-probated,
- ex probated,
- dis-approve,
- take task,
- ex probate,
- picked apart,
- up-braided,
- finding fault with,
- up-braid,
- carping at,
- in-criminate,
- re-buffing,
- up braid,
- in criminating,
- looks askance,
- ex-probates,
- in criminate,
- re buffed,
- up-braids,
- in-criminating,
- found fault with,
- in-criminates,
- up braids,
- re-buff,
- took to task,
- re-buffs,
- in-criminated,
- exprobating,
- dis-approved,
- gat after,
- picking apart,
- gets after,
- takes to task,
- dis approves,
- dis-approves,
- in criminates,
- ex probates,
- dis approving,
- pulled apart,
- ex probating,
- tare apart,
- taking to task,
- getting after,
- ex-probate,
- in criminated,
- dis-approving,
- up-braiding,
- carps at,
- tears apart,
- takes task,
- finds fault with,
- carped at,
- taking task,
- pulling apart,
- dis approve,
- re buff,
- exprobated,
- picks apart,
- re buffing,
- ex-probating,
- reads out,
- looking askance,
- up braided,
- re buffs,
- dis approved,
- re-buffed,
- exprobates.
- ex-acted,
- sticking it out,
- flew in face of,
- insisted up on,
- faces off,
- calling out,
- objecting to,
- facing down,
- insists up on,
- flew the face of,
- faces down,
- hangs in,
- re claims,
- insists upon,
- flies the face of,
- ex-act,
- re claim,
- flew in the face of,
- sticks it out,
- flying in face of,
- re claimed,
- invited competition,
- re-quiring,
- flies in face of,
- sticked it out,
- makes stand,
- hanged in,
- flying in the face of,
- facing off,
- flew face of,
- inviting competition,
- stuck it out,
- flies in the face of,
- asks for,
- ex acting,
- ex act,
- re quires,
- re-claiming,
- objects to,
- in quire,
- invites competition,
- objected to,
- makes a stand,
- made stand,
- re claiming,
- fly the face of,
- stands up to,
- in-quiring,
- re-quired,
- flying the face of,
- re quiring,
- re-claims,
- makes a point of,
- ex acts,
- made a stand,
- making a stand,
- ex-acts,
- flying face of,
- in quires,
- standing up to,
- faced down,
- make stand,
- face music,
- re quired,
- makes point of,
- in-quired,
- ex-acting,
- in quired,
- making point of,
- ex acted,
- hung in,
- insist up on,
- in-quires,
- searches out,
- asking for,
- stood to,
- re quire,
- insisting up on,
- make point of,
- made a point of,
- made point of,
- insisting upon,
- fly face of,
- re-quire,
- re-claimed,
- insisted upon,
- re-quires,
- making stand,
- flies face of,
- in-quire,
- stands to,
- faced off,
- in quiring,
- making a point of.
- hanged something on,
- whistle blowing,
- Whistleblowing,
- blew whistle on,
- hanging something on,
- dragged into court,
- points finger at,
- pointing finger at,
- dragging in to court,
- dragging into court,
- hangs something on,
- blew the whistle on,
- whistle blow,
- whistle-blew,
- in-dict,
- pointed the finger at,
- whistle-blowing,
- drags into court,
- dragged in to court,
- blows the whistle on,
- whistle blows,
- whistle-blows,
- blowing whistle on,
- points the finger at,
- drags in to court,
- blows whistle on,
- pointed finger at,
- whistleblew,
- in dict,
- pointing the finger at,
- hung something on,
- whistleblows,
- whistle blew,
- blowing the whistle on,
- whistleblow,
- drag in to court.
- dis claim,
- hadst bone pick,
- call question,
- refuse accept,
- thumbsing down,
- hadst bone to pick,
- has bone pick,
- counter-acts,
- had bone to pick,
- refuses accept,
- hast bone pick,
- had bone pick,
- called question,
- counter acting,
- thumbsed down,
- dis-claims,
- counter-acted,
- dis-affirming,
- counter acted,
- dis affirms,
- be lying,
- be lied,
- counter act,
- refusing accept,
- be-lied,
- calling in question,
- has bone to pick,
- dis-affirmed,
- dis-affirm,
- called in question,
- counter-act,
- refuses to accept,
- be-lying,
- thumbses down,
- refused to accept,
- counter acts,
- dis affirm,
- have bone pick,
- haddest bone pick,
- dis claimed,
- refusing to accept,
- dis-affirms,
- dis claims,
- hast bone to pick,
- haddest bone to pick,
- having bone to pick,
- calls question,
- having bone pick,
- hath bone to pick,
- hath bone pick,
- calling question,
- dis-claim,
- dis-claiming,
- calls in question,
- refused accept,
- dis affirming,
- dis claiming,
- dis affirmed,
- dis-claimed,
- counter-acting.
- in fringing,
- dis obeyed,
- over stepped,
- dis-obeying,
- inter fere,
- dis-obeyed,
- in fracted,
- over-steps,
- in-fracted,
- conflicting with,
- inter-feres,
- conflicted with,
- in-fringe,
- in-fringing,
- inter posing,
- in fringed,
- inter-pose,
- dis-obeys,
- in-fringed,
- dis obeying,
- dis obey,
- in-fringes,
- in fringes,
- dis obeys,
- inter pose,
- over steps,
- inter-fere,
- dis-obey,
- inter-posed,
- infracts,
- over-stepped,
- conflicts with,
- over stepping,
- over-stepping,
- inter feres,
- inter-posing,
- inter posed,
- in fringe.
- traduce,
- cross,
- tar,
- call into question,
- break,
- question,
- resist,
- pin something on,
- trash,
- zap,
- zing,
- negative,
- blast,
- put down,
- throw the book at,
- swipe at,
- cast doubt upon,
- skin alive,
- stick it to,
- knock,
- thumb nose at,
- oppose,
- throw doubt on,
- cast aspersions upon,
- cut to shreds,
- Disaffirm,
- slam,
- come down on,
- run down.
- de famed,
- de-cry,
- be-smirch,
- be-smirched,
- de-fames,
- de-crying,
- be smirched,
- dissed,
- rips up,
- de-fame,
- giving black eye,
- be smirching,
- mudslinged,
- de fames,
- be smirch,
- de-faming,
- de-cries,
- de cries,
- ripped up,
- mudslings,
- gave black eye,
- de-famed,
- de cried,
- bad mouth,
- gives black eye,
- be-smirches,
- disses,
- de fame,
- be-smirching,
- de crying,
- de-cried,
- de faming,
- de cry,
- be smirches,
- ripping up.
- ex posed,
- pro-scribe,
- pro-scribes,
- charging with,
- de claims,
- inveighs against,
- pro scribed,
- ex-posed,
- denunciating,
- re-probated,
- re probates,
- re-probating,
- de-claiming,
- denunciated,
- de-claim,
- de-claims,
- re-probate,
- inveighed against,
- ex-pose,
- charges with,
- ex pose,
- pro-scribed,
- denunciates,
- pro scribing,
- de-claimed,
- de claim,
- re probating,
- re probate,
- re-probates,
- pro scribes,
- re probated,
- inveighing against,
- ex-posing,
- pro-scribing,
- de claimed,
- pro scribe,
- de claiming.
- dis-avowing,
- dis-acknowledged,
- re nigged,
- weaseled out of,
- dis allows,
- dis allowing,
- dis owned,
- dis-avow,
- went back word,
- dis-acknowledging,
- weaseling out of,
- re fuse,
- dis-avowed,
- renigs,
- dis acknowledges,
- re fuses,
- dis avowing,
- dis-allow,
- dis-allowing,
- wormed out of,
- washes hands of,
- re-nigging,
- going back on word,
- dis acknowledged,
- dis-allows,
- re nig,
- re fused,
- weasels out of,
- re fusing,
- go back word,
- dis avow,
- renigged,
- dis-avows,
- re nigging,
- dis-owning,
- dis-acknowledges,
- re-nigged,
- re-nig,
- went back on word,
- dis avowed,
- dis allowed,
- goes back on word,
- dis avows,
- re-nigs,
- dis acknowledging,
- re nigs,
- dis-acknowledge,
- dis owning,
- washed hands of,
- going back word,
- goes back word,
- dis allow,
- renigging,
- re-fused,
- dis-allowed,
- worms out of,
- dis-owned,
- re-fuse,
- dis acknowledge,
- worming out of,
- washing hands of.
- finding unfounded,
- finds unfounded,
- poking holes in,
- in-validates,
- dis-confirmed,
- dis proved,
- dis credit,
- over-throwing,
- dis prove,
- knocked props out,
- shooting holes in,
- dis-credits,
- sets aside,
- blowing sky high,
- in validates,
- over turns,
- re butting,
- in validated,
- knocked bottom out of,
- dis-confirming,
- found unfounded,
- over throw,
- shot holes in,
- in-validated,
- dis-proved,
- in-validate,
- re-butting,
- over throws,
- re butted,
- over-threw,
- in validating,
- dis-crediting,
- dis credited,
- dis-proves,
- knocking bottom out of,
- dis-proving,
- over-throws,
- dis confirming,
- dis crediting,
- in validate,
- dis proves,
- dis confirms,
- knocks bottom out of,
- dis proving,
- poked holes in,
- over-turning,
- disconfirms,
- dis-confirm,
- over-turns,
- dis credits,
- shoots holes in,
- blows sky high,
- pokes holes in,
- over-thrown,
- dis-prove,
- blew sky high,
- over-turn,
- knocks props out,
- dis confirm,
- over threw,
- dis-credit,
- knocking props out,
- over throwing,
- dis-confirms,
- over-throw,
- in-validating,
- re-butted,
- over thrown,
- dis confirmed,
- over turning,
- dis-credited.
- dis cussing,
- de bated,
- thrashed out,
- de-bates,
- discepting,
- de-bated,
- dis cept,
- tost around,
- dis-cept,
- bumping heads,
- picking a bone,
- bumped heads,
- dis-cuss,
- dis-cussing,
- picked a bone,
- dis cussed,
- picking bone,
- de-bating,
- dis-cussed,
- de bates,
- de bate,
- dis-cusses,
- dis cusses,
- de bating,
- kicks around,
- thrashing out,
- picked bone,
- de-bate,
- picks a bone,
- discepted,
- tosses around,
- bumps heads,
- thrashes out,
- tossing around,
- discepts,
- picks bone,
- pick bone,
- dis cuss.
- dis trusted,
- was curious,
- hadst qualms,
- sur-mise,
- in sinuates,
- are uncertain,
- not bought,
- wast uncertain,
- were undetermined,
- skepticizing,
- having qualms,
- smelt rat,
- smelled a rat,
- dis believe,
- is dubious,
- are apprehensive of,
- smells a rat,
- mis giving,
- in-sinuate,
- dis-trust,
- is in quandary,
- mis-trusted,
- wert puzzled,
- are in quandary,
- are dubious,
- mis trusts,
- mis give,
- being undetermined,
- in-sinuates,
- is curious,
- art curious,
- dis-believed,
- be quandary,
- was dubious,
- dis believed,
- is apprehensive of,
- being uncertain,
- dis trusts,
- are undetermined,
- are curious,
- had qualms,
- harboring suspicion,
- wert quandary,
- wert in quandary,
- am in a quandary,
- harbors suspicion,
- be in quandary,
- gave no credence,
- were apprehensive of,
- dis believes,
- art a quandary,
- harbored suspicion,
- are in a quandary,
- is in a quandary,
- smelling rat,
- shilly shally,
- wert uncertain,
- am apprehensive of,
- wast in a quandary,
- dis-believes,
- art quandary,
- hath qualms,
- takes dim view of,
- wert curious,
- mis-given,
- being curious,
- wast a quandary,
- is puzzled,
- mis given,
- were curious,
- were a quandary,
- were in quandary,
- wondered at,
- smelt a rat,
- mis gives,
- wast apprehensive of,
- wert undetermined,
- was puzzled,
- am uncertain,
- skepticized,
- dis-believe,
- being quandary,
- wert a quandary,
- sur mises,
- sur-mises,
- took dim view of,
- mis-give,
- am curious,
- in sinuating,
- giving no credence,
- mis trusted,
- gives no credence,
- mis trust,
- skepticizes,
- smells rat,
- in sinuate,
- mis-gives,
- were in a quandary,
- wert in a quandary,
- in-sinuating,
- wast quandary,
- smelled rat,
- was quandary,
- dis-trusting,
- being puzzled,
- mis-trusting,
- am undetermined,
- is a quandary,
- are quandary,
- wast undetermined,
- in sinuated,
- reading differently,
- sur mise,
- being apprehensive of,
- wert dubious,
- hast qualms,
- being in a quandary,
- wast in quandary,
- dis-trusted,
- art undetermined,
- mis trusting,
- art apprehensive of,
- has qualms,
- dis believing,
- not buys,
- wast curious,
- mis-gave,
- was apprehensive of,
- being a quandary,
- were puzzled,
- haddest qualms,
- art puzzled,
- are a quandary,
- were dubious,
- reads differently,
- being in quandary,
- wast puzzled,
- be a quandary,
- is undetermined,
- dis trust,
- in-sinuated,
- wondering at,
- wert apprehensive of,
- mis-giving,
- dis trusting,
- taking dim view of,
- dis-believing,
- being dubious,
- were quandary,
- art uncertain,
- mis-trust,
- is uncertain,
- am dubious,
- art in a quandary,
- art in quandary,
- am quandary,
- mis gave,
- wast dubious,
- not buying,
- am puzzled,
- am a quandary,
- was in quandary,
- smell rat,
- were uncertain,
- was undetermined,
- was in a quandary,
- dis-trusts,
- was uncertain,
- was a quandary,
- is quandary,
- are puzzled,
- wonders at.
- dis agreeing,
- dis agreed,
- dis-agree,
- with standing,
- dis-agreed,
- dis agree,
- with stand,
- with-stands,
- dis agrees,
- dis-agrees,
- with-standing,
- dis-agreeing,
- with stands,
- with stood,
- with-stand.
- held at fault,
- casts aspersions on,
- bringing charges against,
- call in to question,
- brings charges against,
- casts doubt on,
- casting aspersions on,
- holding fault,
- holds fault,
- casting doubt on,
- held fault,
- holding at fault,
- call account,
- holds at fault,
- brought charges against,
- hold fault.
- had ones doubts,
- hast doubts,
- have ones doubts,
- mis doubting,
- has one doubts,
- mis doubted,
- mis-doubted,
- mis-doubts,
- haddest one doubts,
- haddest doubts,
- hath one doubts,
- had doubts,
- haddest one's doubts,
- hadst one's doubts,
- hast one's doubts,
- had one doubts,
- hath one's doubts,
- mis-doubt,
- haddest ones doubts,
- hath doubts,
- has doubts,
- hadst one doubts,
- had one's doubts,
- having doubts,
- has ones doubts,
- having one's doubts,
- hast ones doubts,
- mis doubt,
- hath ones doubts,
- hadst ones doubts,
- having ones doubts,
- hadst doubts,
- having one doubts,
- mis doubts,
- has one's doubts,
- have one doubts,
- hast one doubts,
- mis-doubting.
- re peals,
- re pealing,
- counter check,
- re verse,
- re pealed,
- re-verse,
- un did,
- turned thumbs down,
- re-dressing,
- re dressing,
- re peal,
- un doing,
- re-peals,
- re tract,
- re-pealing,
- re-tract,
- re-pealed,
- counter checked,
- re-dresses,
- cancels out,
- re-versed,
- un done,
- counter checking,
- re dress,
- Counterchecked,
- re versing,
- counter-check,
- re tracts,
- re-tracts,
- un-does,
- un-doing,
- un does,
- counter-checked,
- counter-checks,
- turns thumbs down,
- re dresses,
- counter-checking,
- un-did,
- re-dressed,
- re-dress,
- canceling out,
- counter checks,
- turning thumbs down.
- putting out a feeler question,
- tests waters,
- putting out feeler question,
- puts out a feeler question,
- testing waters,
- hitting up,
- tests the waters,
- tested waters,
- testing the waters,
- puts out feeler question,
- test waters,
- tested the waters,
- hits up,
- put out feeler question.
Other synonyms:
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- talk trash,
- disgrace,
- stain,
- discredit,
- taint,
- bruise,
- blacken someone's reputation/name/character,
- smear,
- slander.
- blitzing,
- jump down one's throat,
- shoot down,
- blitzed,
- jump on one's case,
- stretch,
- shot down,
- jump down throat.
- deny.
- poke holes in,
- setting aside,
- disconfirming,
- knock bottom out of,
- over turn,
- shoot holes in,
- find unfounded,
- knock props out,
- disconfirm,
- disconfirmed,
- blow sky high.
- Skepticize,
- scruples,
- Misgiven,
- scruple,
- misgive,
- Hesitated,
- Misdoubt,
- be undetermined,
- misgives,
- not buy,
- be dubious,
- Feared,
- doubting,
- be curious,
- be puzzled,
- smelling a rat,
- harbor suspicion,
- read differently,
- smell a rat,
- shillyshally,
- wonder at,
- Fearing,
- take dim view of,
- give no credence,
- have qualms,
- be uncertain,
- Misgave,
- be in a quandary,
- be apprehensive of.
- cancelling out,
- turn down,
- counterchecks,
- countercheck,
- canceled out,
- cancel out,
- cancelled out,
- Counterchecking,
- turn thumbs down.
- Lectured,
- find fault with,
- Transgressed,
- give black eye,
- moots,
- sets upon,
- upbraid,
- calls out,
- challenge,
- charge with,
- maltreat,
- disprove,
- insist upon,
- proscribe,
- throw down gauntlet,
- infringe,
- repudiate,
- blow whistle on,
- Reprobated,
- blow the whistle on,
- bring charges against,
- tearing apart,
- Negativing,
- indict,
- rip up,
- disciplined,
- take to task,
- standing to,
- exprobate,
- Infracted,
- hold at fault,
- ask for,
- overstep,
- breached,
- kick around,
- Breaching,
- tore apart,
- had at,
- impeach,
- dis,
- attack,
- Mooted,
- blistered,
- stick it out,
- altercate,
- Mooting,
- cast aspersions on,
- thrash out,
- drag into court,
- denounce,
- sticks out,
- searching out,
- go back on word,
- conflict with,
- Disciplining,
- test the waters,
- Negatived,
- carp at,
- hang in,
- hit up,
- torn down,
- have one's doubts,
- assail,
- have at,
- offend,
- asked for,
- Altercating,
- doubt,
- maligned,
- altercates,
- fly in the face of,
- enquire,
- pull apart,
- Quarrelled,
- whistle-blow,
- renig,
- kicked around,
- reviled,
- Forsworn,
- censure,
- Discept,
- weasel out of,
- forswear,
- object to,
- stand to,
- tossed around,
- Ratted,
- gainsay,
- kicking around,
- libel,
- call in question,
- mudslinging,
- spurn,
- search out,
- Animadverted,
- pick apart,
- worked over,
- tear apart,
- stand up to,
- Altercated,
- refuse to accept,
- call out,
- Vilified,
- searched out,
- denigrate,
- reprobates,
- inveigh against,
- charged with,
- revile,
- worm out of,
- hanging in,
- contradict,
- toss around,
- set upon,
- moot,
- DISES,
- bump heads,
- pick a bone,
- get after,
- traverse,
- interpose,
- make a stand,
- dispute,
- incriminate,
- contravene,
- negate,
- Animadverting,
- work over,
- read out,
- Trashed,
- point the finger at,
- dissing,
- have bone to pick,
- reading out,
- be set,
- Denunciate,
- encounter,
- Reprobating,
- look askance,
- remonstrate,
- molest,
- tell off,
- quibble,
- invite competition,
- working over,
- query,
- infract,
- animadvert,
- cast doubt on,
- stood up to,
- have doubts,
- hang something on,
- shows up,
- torn apart,
- fly in face of,
- welsh,
- make a point of,
- ratting,
- point finger at,
- animadverts,
- mudsling,
- enquiring,
- put out a feeler question,
- re-claim,
- face down,
- wash hands of,
- face off,
- Infracting,
- pulls apart,
- called out.
- fault,
- complain against,
- not accept,
- ridicule,
- accuse,
- vituperate,
- rebut,
- reprobate,
- disavow,
- reprehend,
- enter the lists,
- shake up,
- slate,
- blow,
- cry out against,
- cry down,
- abjure,
- malign,
- asperse,
- debate,
- declaim,
- belittle,
- beat,
- disown,
- involve,
- decry,
- refuse to admit,
- dissent,
- assert the contrary,
- fall upon,
- take exception to,
- disclaim,
- pan,
- revoke,
- inculpate,
- deprecate,
- scorn,
- lambaste,
- oppugn,
- blight,
- call to account,
- confute,
- take back,
- recant,
- refute,
- drub,
- shame,
- find fault,
- quarrel with,
- strike,
- buffet,
- anathemize,
- disparage,
- invade,
- carp,
- criminate,
- controvert,
- renounce,
- argue against,
- reproach,
- disagree with,
- cry shame upon,
- cast reflection upon,
- damn,
- blame,
- retract,
- argue with,
- stroke,
- hold responsible blame,
- criticize,
- nullify,
- cast blame upon,
- fight,
- not admit,
- cavil,
- lay at door,
- contest,
- implicate,
- defy,
- belie,
- disapprove,
- rail,
- condemn,
- Beath,
- fulminate against,
- assault,
- animadvert on,
- pillory,
- disallow,
- reflect upon,
- counter,
- vilify,
- anathematize.
Paraphrases for Impugn:
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Antonyms for Impugn:
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Hyponym for Impugn:
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