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Antonyms for impugnment
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : im-pyoon |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpyun |
Definition of impugnment
Origin :- "attack by argument," late 14c., from Old French impugner, from Latin impugnare "to assault, to attack," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + pugnare "to fight" (see pugnacious). Related: Impugned; impugning.
- As in attack : noun verbal assault
- As in indocility : noun unruliness
- As in intractability : noun unruliness
- As in intractableness : noun unruliness
- As in recalcitrance : noun defiance
- As in recalcitrancy : noun defiance
- As in defiance : noun disobedience, disregard
- There is no impugnment of his character, no injury that cannot be repaired.
- Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
Synonyms for impugnment
- abuse
- affront
- aggression
- audacity
- back talk
- belligerence
- big talk
- blame
- boldness
- bravado
- brazenness
- call
- calumny
- cartel
- censure
- challenge
- combativeness
- command
- confrontation
- contempt
- contrariness
- contumacy
- criticism
- dare
- defy
- denigration
- denunciation
- despite
- disorderliness
- effrontery
- enjoinder
- factiousness
- fractiousness
- gas
- guts
- hot air
- impudence
- impugnment
- indocility
- insolence
- insubordination
- insurgence
- insurgency
- intractability
- intractableness
- libel
- lip
- muster
- obstinacy
- obstinateness
- obstreperousness
- opposition
- order
- perversity
- provocation
- pugnacity
- rebellion
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- recalcitrancy
- refractoriness
- revolt
- sass
- slander
- spite
- stump
- summons
- temerity
- throwing of the gauntlet
- uncontrollability
- uncontrollableness
- ungovernableness
- unmanageability
- unruliness
- untowardness
- vilification
- wildness
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