Impugn vs Rebuke - What's the difference?
impugn | rebuke |
(obsolete) To assault, attack.
To verbally assault, especially to argue against an opinion, motive, or action; to question the truth or validity of.
A harsh criticism.
* 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited,
To criticise harshly; to reprove.
As verbs the difference between impugn and rebuke
is that impugn is (obsolete) to assault, attack while rebuke is to criticise harshly; to reprove.As a noun rebuke is
a harsh criticism.impugn
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(en verb)Quotations
{{timeline, 1800s=1859 1864 1872 1889, 1900s=1922}} * 1859 — *: Let the opinions impugned be the belief in a God and in a future state, or any of the commonly received doctrines of morality. * 1864 — *: There have been much impugning of motives and much heated controversy as to the proper means and best mode of advancing the Union cause. * 1872 — *: At home, at a period of immense prosperity, with a people contented and naturally loyal, we find to our surprise the most extravagant doctrines professed and the fundamental principles of our most valuable institutions impugned , and that too by persons of some authority. * 1889 — , ch. xxv *: It is a hardy question, fair sir and Boss, since it doth go far to impugn the wisdom of even our holy Mother Church herself. * 1922 — , ch. 21 *: He is not dead. When he revives he will return to his quarters with a fine tale of his bravery and there will be none to impugn his boasts.Synonyms
* (to question the validity of) call into question, challenge, contest, contradict, deny, disavow, dispute, oppugn, negateAntonyms
* (to question the validity of) authenticate, endorse, supportDerived terms
* impugnable * impugnerAnagrams
*rebuke
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(en noun)Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- There was the sternness of an old-fashioned Tour patron in his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride away from the peloton and seize the opportunity for a lone attack before being absorbed back into the bunch, where he was received with coolness.