impugn

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• /ɪmˈpjuːn/
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• rhymes with -uːn
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• homophone: impune
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 M P Y UW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Middle French impugner, from Latin impugnō, from im- + pugnō (“fight”), from pugnus (“fist”), as in English pugilism (“fighting with fists, boxing”).

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: napadnout — To assault, attack
• Dutch: aanvallen — To assault, attack
• French: attaquer — To assault, attack
• German: angreifen — To assault, attack
• Spanish: arremeter — To assault, attack
• Spanish: vilipendiar — To assault, attack
• Swedish: attackera — To assault, attack
• Swedish: angripa — To assault, attack
• Bulgarian: опровергавам (oprovergavam) — A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action
• Dutch: bestrijden — A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action
• Dutch: weerspreken — A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action
• Finnish: kyseenalaistaa — A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action
• Finnish: kiistää — A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action
• French: contredire — A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action
• German: widersprechen — A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action
• German: bestreiten — A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action
• German: anfechten — A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action
• Ancient Greek: ὄνομαι (ónomai) — A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action
• Swedish: bestrida — A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action
• Swedish: ifrågasätta — A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action
• Bulgarian: оспорвам (osporvam) — question the validity of
• Czech: zpochybňovat — question the validity of
• Czech: zpochybnit — question the validity of
• Dutch: betwisten — question the validity of
• Finnish: kyseenalaistaa — question the validity of
• French: contester — question the validity of
• Galician: impugnar — question the validity of
• German: angreifen — question the validity of
• German: in Zweifel ziehen — question the validity of
• German: bestreiten — question the validity of
• German: infrage stellen — question the validity of
• German: anfechten — question the validity of
• Russian: оспаривать (osparivatʹ) — question the validity of
• Russian: подвергать сомнению — question the validity of
• Spanish: impugnar — question the validity of
• Swedish: ifrågasätta — question the validity of
• Swedish: jäva — question the validity of
• Ukrainian: оспорювати (osporjuvaty) — question the validity of
• Ukrainian: ставити під сумнів (stavyty pid sumniv) — question the validity of