impugn
verb (used with object)
to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
impugner
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a word derived from
impugn.
Example Sentences
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“Under that is the hater, the impugner of motives, the man who claims he is not angry with the press because he cannot be angry with somebody he does not respect.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2017
John Lynch, the Bishop of Killala, and the indefatigable and successful impugner of Cambrensis, was another literary luminary of the age.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack
Where now is "the formidable array of pontiffs," which show that Ganganelli "is not the solitary impugner," among popes, of the order of Jesuits?
From The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion by R. C. (Robert Charles) Dallas
In the cases of Baroko and Bokardo, B indicates that you may employ Barbara to bring any impugner to confusion, as shall be afterwards explained.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto
The voluble impugner of his own profession delivered these two last words in thunder so sudden and effective as to strike Julia's work out of her hands.
From Hard Cash by Charles Reade
