verb
- to dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of something; to call into question
Usage: formal
Examples
- The defense attorney tried to impugn the witness’s credibility.
- Critics impugned the study’s methodology and conclusions.
- She felt her integrity was being impugned by the accusations.
- The journalist’s article impugned the mayor’s financial dealings.
- He refused to impugn his colleague’s motives without evidence.
- The opposition party impugned the government’s economic policies.