Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to impugn
Participle: impugned
Gerund: impugning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | impugn |
| you | impugn |
| he;she;it | impugns |
| we | impugn |
| you | impugn |
| they | impugn |
Perfect
| I | have impugned |
| you | have impugned |
| he;she;it | has impugned |
| we | have impugned |
| you | have impugned |
| they | have impugned |
Past
| I | impugned |
| you | impugned |
| he;she;it | impugned |
| we | impugned |
| you | impugned |
| they | impugned |
Pluperfect
| I | had impugned |
| you | had impugned |
| he;she;it | had impugned |
| we | had impugned |
| you | had impugned |
| they | had impugned |
Future
| I | will impugn |
| you | will impugn |
| he;she;it | will impugn |
| we | will impugn |
| you | will impugn |
| they | will impugn |
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 |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | impugn |
| you | impugn |
| he;she;it | impugn |
| we | impugn |
| you | impugn |
| they | impugn |
Perfect
| I | have impugned |
| you | have impugned |
| he;she;it | have impugned |
| we | have impugned |
| you | have impugned |
| they | have impugned |
Imperfect
| I | impugned |
| you | impugned |
| he;she;it | impugned |
| we | impugned |
| you | impugned |
| they | impugned |
Pluperfect
| I | had impugned |
| you | had impugned |
| he;she;it | had impugned |
| we | had impugned |
| you | had impugned |
| they | had impugned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would impugn |
| you | would impugn |
| he;she;it | would impugn |
| we | would impugn |
| you | would impugn |
| they | would impugn |
Perfect
| I | would have impugned |
| you | would have impugned |
| he;she;it | would have impugned |
| we | would have impugned |
| you | would have impugned |
| they | would have impugned |
Imperative
| you | impugn |
| we | Let's impugn |
| you | impugn |
Verbs conjugated like 'impugn'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'impugn'
empugn,
expugn,
impawn,
impen,
impregn,
impure,
impute,
oppugn,
repugn,
empawn,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to apply violent force to a person or object
- abuse, aggress, assault, attack, beat, beleaguer, bepommel, beset, besiege, bombard, charge, dust up, fall on, fall upon, hit, invade, lay into, lay siege, let someone have it, light into, onfall, onset, overrun, pommel, pound, rush, set the dogs upon, set upon, storm, strike, strike at, wap, whap
- challenge
- gainsay, attack, malign, contradict, denounce, censure, assail
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1362, from O.Fr.
impugner, from L.
impugnare "to assault, to attack," from
in- "upon" +
pugnare "to fight" (see pugnacious).
2. Borrowed from Middle French impugner, from Latin impugnō, from im- + pugnō (“fight”), from pugnus (“fist”), as in English pugilism (“fighting with fists, boxing”). See: Middle French '
impugner', Latin '
impugnō'.
Verbs referencing "impugn"
Spanish
empuñar.
Sample Sentences
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:impugn.
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[The fact] that Americans’ trust in government is at historic lows […] makes it easier for politicians to impugn the system – courts, parties, and institutions. [2023 March 13, Mark Sappenfield, “Governing wisely”, in The Christian Science Monitor:]