"impugn" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪmˈpjuːn/ Audio: en-us-impugn.ogg Forms: impugns [present, singular, third-person], impugning [participle, present], impugned [participle, past], impugned [past]
Rhymes: -uːn Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French impugner, from Latin impugnō, from im- + pugnō (“fight”), from pugnus (“fist”), as in English pugilism (“fighting with fists, boxing”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pewǵ-}}, {{bor|en|frm|impugner}} Middle French impugner, {{der|en|la|impugnō}} Latin impugnō Head templates: {{en-verb}} impugn (third-person singular simple present impugns, present participle impugning, simple past and past participle impugned)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To assault, attack. Tags: obsolete, transitive Translations (To assault, attack): napadnout [perfective] (Czech), aanvallen (Dutch), attaquer (French), angreifen (German), arremeter (Spanish), vilipendiar (Spanish), attackera (Swedish), angripa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-impugn-en-verb-hn3m3~iU Disambiguation of 'To assault, attack': 95 5
  2. (transitive) To verbally assault, especially to argue against an opinion, motive, or action; to question the truth or validity of. Tags: transitive Synonyms: call into question, challenge, contest, contradict, deny, disavow, dispute, oppugn, negate Translations (A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action): ὄνομαι (ónomai) (Ancient Greek), опровергавам (oprovergavam) (Bulgarian), bestrijden (Dutch), weerspreken (Dutch), kyseenalaistaa (Finnish), kiistää (Finnish), contredire (French), widersprechen (German), bestreiten (German), anfechten (German), bestrida (Swedish), ifrågasätta (Swedish) Translations (question the validity of): оспорвам (osporvam) (Bulgarian), zpochybňovat [imperfective] (Czech), zpochybnit [perfective] (Czech), betwisten (Dutch), kyseenalaistaa (Finnish), contester (French), angreifen (German), in Zweifel ziehen (German), bestreiten (German), infrage stellen (German), anfechten (German), оспаривать (osparivatʹ) (Russian), подвергать сомнению (Russian), impugnar (Spanish), ifrågasätta (Swedish), jäva (Swedish), оспорювати (osporjuvaty) (Ukrainian), ставити під сумнів (stavyty pid sumniv) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-impugn-en-verb-nTHN-0ky Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of 'A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'question the validity of': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: impugnable, impugner, impugnment, impugnation

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "ipa": "/ɪmˈpjuːn/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-impugn.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/En-us-impugn.ogg/En-us-impugn.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/En-us-impugn.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːn"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "impune"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To assault, attack",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "napadnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To assault, attack",
      "word": "aanvallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To assault, attack",
      "word": "attaquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To assault, attack",
      "word": "angreifen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To assault, attack",
      "word": "arremeter"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To assault, attack",
      "word": "vilipendiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To assault, attack",
      "word": "attackera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To assault, attack",
      "word": "angripa"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oprovergavam",
      "sense": "A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action",
      "word": "опровергавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action",
      "word": "bestrijden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action",
      "word": "weerspreken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action",
      "word": "kyseenalaistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action",
      "word": "kiistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action",
      "word": "contredire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action",
      "word": "widersprechen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action",
      "word": "bestreiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action",
      "word": "anfechten"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ónomai",
      "sense": "A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action",
      "word": "ὄνομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action",
      "word": "bestrida"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action",
      "word": "ifrågasätta"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "osporvam",
      "sense": "question the validity of",
      "word": "оспорвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "question the validity of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zpochybňovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "question the validity of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zpochybnit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "question the validity of",
      "word": "betwisten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "question the validity of",
      "word": "kyseenalaistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "question the validity of",
      "word": "contester"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "question the validity of",
      "word": "angreifen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "question the validity of",
      "word": "in Zweifel ziehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "question the validity of",
      "word": "bestreiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "question the validity of",
      "word": "infrage stellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "question the validity of",
      "word": "anfechten"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osparivatʹ",
      "sense": "question the validity of",
      "word": "оспаривать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "question the validity of",
      "word": "подвергать сомнению"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "question the validity of",
      "word": "impugnar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "question the validity of",
      "word": "ifrågasätta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "question the validity of",
      "word": "jäva"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "osporjuvaty",
      "sense": "question the validity of",
      "word": "оспорювати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "stavyty pid sumniv",
      "sense": "question the validity of",
      "word": "ставити під сумнів"
    }
  ],
  "word": "impugn"
}

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