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I don't mean to in any way impugn the makers of Bentley, but that car is nuts. When I do drive, I drive a Toyota Prius. So driving around the streets of Albuquerque in a Bentley made me feel so fake-a-rooney.
Jessica Hecht

Meaning of "impugn" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD IMPUGN

From Old French impugner, from Latin impugnāre to fight against, attack, from im- + pugnāre to fight.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF IMPUGN

impugn  [ɪmˈpjuːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IMPUGN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Impugn is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb impugn in English.

WHAT DOES IMPUGN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of impugn in the English dictionary

The definition of impugn in the dictionary is to challenge or attack as false; assail; criticize.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO IMPUGN

PRESENT

Present
I impugn
you impugn
he/she/it impugns
we impugn
you impugn
they impugn
Present continuous
I am impugning
you are impugning
he/she/it is impugning
we are impugning
you are impugning
they are impugning
Present perfect
I have impugned
you have impugned
he/she/it has impugned
we have impugned
you have impugned
they have impugned
Present perfect continuous
I have been impugning
you have been impugning
he/she/it has been impugning
we have been impugning
you have been impugning
they have been impugning
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I impugned
you impugned
he/she/it impugned
we impugned
you impugned
they impugned
Past continuous
I was impugning
you were impugning
he/she/it was impugning
we were impugning
you were impugning
they were impugning
Past perfect
I had impugned
you had impugned
he/she/it had impugned
we had impugned
you had impugned
they had impugned
Past perfect continuous
I had been impugning
you had been impugning
he/she/it had been impugning
we had been impugning
you had been impugning
they had been impugning
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will impugn
you will impugn
he/she/it will impugn
we will impugn
you will impugn
they will impugn
Future continuous
I will be impugning
you will be impugning
he/she/it will be impugning
we will be impugning
you will be impugning
they will be impugning
Future perfect
I will have impugned
you will have impugned
he/she/it will have impugned
we will have impugned
you will have impugned
they will have impugned
Future perfect continuous
I will have been impugning
you will have been impugning
he/she/it will have been impugning
we will have been impugning
you will have been impugning
they will have been impugning
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would impugn
you would impugn
he/she/it would impugn
we would impugn
you would impugn
they would impugn
Conditional continuous
I would be impugning
you would be impugning
he/she/it would be impugning
we would be impugning
you would be impugning
they would be impugning
Conditional perfect
I would have impugn
you would have impugn
he/she/it would have impugn
we would have impugn
you would have impugn
they would have impugn
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been impugning
you would have been impugning
he/she/it would have been impugning
we would have been impugning
you would have been impugning
they would have been impugning
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you impugn
we let´s impugn
you impugn
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to impugn
Past participle
impugned
Present Participle
impugning
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IMPUGN


attune
əˈtjuːn
autoimmune
ˌɔːtəʊɪˈmjuːn
autotune
ˈɔːtəʊˌtjuːn
choon
tjuːn
commune
kəˈmjuːn
detune
diːˈtjuːn
dune
djuːn
expugn
ɪkˈspjuːn
immune
ɪˈmjuːn
lacune
ləˈkjuːn
Neptune
ˈnɛptjuːn
opportune
ˈɒpəˌtjuːn
oppugn
əˈpjuːn
picayune
ˌpɪkəˈjuːn
repugn
rɪˈpjuːn
retune
riːˈtjuːn
rough-hewn
ˌrʌfˈhjuːn
tribune
ˈtrɪbjuːn
triune
ˈtraɪjuːn
tune
tjuːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IMPUGN

impudence
impudency
impudent
impudently
impudentness
impudicity
impugnable
impugnation
impugner
impugnment
impuissance
impuissant
impulse
impulse buy
impulse buyer
impulse buying
impulse purchase
impulse turbine
impulsion
impulsive

WORDS THAT END LIKE IMPUGN

ad campaign
align
assign
benign
campaign
champaign
design
ensign
fashion design
foreign
gn
graphic design
interior design
pound sign
redesign
reign
resign
sign
sovereign
web design

Synonyms and antonyms of impugn in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «IMPUGN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «impugn» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of impugn

Translation of «impugn» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IMPUGN

Find out the translation of impugn to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of impugn from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «impugn» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

抨击
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

impugnar
570 millions of speakers

English

impugn
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बहस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فند
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сомнение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

impugnar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সত্যতা অস্বীকার করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

attaquer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengganggu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bestreiten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

非難する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비난하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Impugn
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

công kích
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒருகாலும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिकार करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yalanlamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

impugnare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zakwestionować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сумнів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

conteste
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αμφισβήτηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

impugn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

impugn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of impugn

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPUGN»

The term «impugn» is regularly used and occupies the 58.467 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPUGN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about impugn

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QUOTES WITH «IMPUGN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word impugn.
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Jessica Hecht
I don't mean to in any way impugn the makers of Bentley, but that car is nuts. When I do drive, I drive a Toyota Prius. So driving around the streets of Albuquerque in a Bentley made me feel so fake-a-rooney.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMPUGN»

Discover the use of impugn in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to impugn and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
(Eng.) The noun is impugnment, q.v. Impugn does not mean merely "to affect adversely." E.g., "The agreement's economic realignment of the parties did not impugn [read impair] the fact-finding process." In a footnote to this sentence, the court ...
Bryan A. Garner, 2001
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Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous ...
Commotion adds the influence of excitement to the force of disturbance. Confute. Refute. Oppugn. Impugn. Disprove. To Confute (Lat. confutari) applies both to the arguer and the argument. It is to overwhelm by decisive argument. Repute is to ...
‎1871
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Garner's Modern American Usage
Impudent = insolently disrespectful; shamelessly presumptuous. impugn. A. And oppugn; repugn. Impugn = to challenge, call into question. E.g.: “In a second ruling today, Judge Sweeney also appeared to impugn the church's handling of ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
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Johnson's English Dictionary, as Improved by Todd and ...
How then shall be reconciled Mr. Sheridan's pronouncing impugn, oppugn, eipugn, and propiign. with the H long and impregn with the e short? Ken- rick who IM- not the word prcpuyn, is consistent in pronouncing the rest with the vowel short.
Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Henry John Todd, 1830
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English synonymes: Explained in alphabetical order
IMPUGN. gree of importance, but may be modified in various Ways: as a thing of no moment, of small moment, or great moment,- but we cannot say with the same propriety , a thing of small weight , and still less a thing of great weight: it is a ...
George Crabb, J. H. Hedley, 1839
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Ancient Laws of Ireland ...: Senchus mor ; pt. II Law of ...
impugn ont«ide with respect to an external tribe. They make oath, i.e. equal stock and equal testimony, or in ntlirmation und in denial, i.e. they swear mutually. AIGILLNF., They relieve i.e. by lending, by transmitting, by loan, by accommodation, ...
Ireland, William Neilson Hancock, Thaddeus O'Mahony, 1869
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The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style
Impudent = insolently disrespectful; shamelessly presumptu- impugn ( = to challenge, call into question) is sometimes misused for impute (= to ascribe or attribute) — e.g.: "Overall, Kupetz rejected the notion that a court should simply ignore ...
Bryan A. Garner, 2000
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English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order
IMPUGN. INACTIVE. impostor, v. Deceiver. imprecation, v. Malediction. to impress, r. To imprint. impression, v. Mark. TO IMPRINT, IMPRESS, ENGRAVE. PRINT and PRESS are both derived from prtims, participle of prima, .signifying in the ...
George Crabb, 1826
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English synonymes explained with illustrations and exemples ...
These terms are employed synonymously only in regard to doctrines or opinions; in which case, to impugn signifies to call in question, or bring arguments against; to attack is to oppose with warmth. Sceptics impugn every opinion however ...
George Crabb, 1824
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the ...
... at the End of a Word. .?S5. No combination of letters has more puzzled the cnticks than this. Two actresses or distinguished merit in Portia, in the Merchant of Venice, pronounced the word impugn differently, and each found her advocate in ...
John Walker, Thomas Tegg ((Londres)), 1827

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMPUGN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term impugn is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why Christians should back the arms industry | Christian News on …
I'd disagree, but I wouldn't impugn their integrity for one moment: these are people of high principle. (Having said that, their principles are no ... «ChristianToday, Jul 15»
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Performance legitimacy | The Economist
Politicians know not to impugn the personal integrity of PAP leaders. Suggestions of nepotism are especially likely to result in a suit. To Lee ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
3
The Rock Punked The Internet With His Horrific On-Set Injury Video …
Thus, the fakeness of this incident does nothing to impugn his badassery. Of course, Central Intelligence, the film set on which Johnson ... «Cinema Blend, Jul 15»
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Don't Be Shocked by Liberal Indifference to Planned Parenthood's …
... and the entire Drive-By Media is circling the wagons trying to embarrass and impugn Major Garrett -- who, for now, is holding his ground. «RushLimbaugh.com, Jul 15»
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Donald Trump, Ted Cruz Deepen 'Bromance' Despite Anti-Mexican …
"Policy disagreements are meant to be the bread and butter of politics. I don't think it's appropriate to impugn the integrity of other candidates, ... «Latin Post, Jul 15»
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Spelling bee keeps interest in Memorial Opera House buzzing - Post …
With both students and adults getting eliminated, the remaining contestants received words like "impugn," "ipso facto," "largesse," "wherewithal" ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
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New York Times Caves, Puts Ted Cruz's Biography on Bestsellers List
... information about the GOP presidential candidate's book sales and attempting “to impugn the integrity of Senator Cruz and of his publisher.”. «Washington Free Beacon, Jul 15»
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Wilkado Hotel reacts to media reports on pool incident
... in a bid to defame the reputation of management of Wilkado Hotel Ltd or impugn its integrity in the highly competitive hospitality business. «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
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Ted Cruz: I 'salute' Donald Trump for discussing immigration
"I don't think it's appropriate to impugn the integrity of other candidates, and I don't intend to do so." Indeed, he spent most of the interview not ... «CNBC, Jul 15»
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Dodging a Hulk Hogan trial (for now), Gawker investigates the F.B.I. …
“I'm not suggesting—look, I don't want to impugn anybody at the FBI or in the U.S. Attorney's Office or in Winchester, Virginia where they review ... «Capital New York, Jul 15»

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