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
Besides being a practical as well as theoretical philanthropist, Mr. Bray was also a courageous impugner of the dogmas which form the basis of the popular theology.
From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by George Willis Cooke
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
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
It was left for Mr. Frend to prove that an impugner of algebra could attempt ridicule.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by David Eugene Smith
