How to Spell Impugnment?

When you impugn, you hazard repugnant pugnacity. More simply put, you risk insulting someone to the point where he or she wants to sock you.

What does Impugnment mean?

: the act of bringing into question or gainsaying or the state of being brought into question or gainsaid.

Can you impugn a person?

If you impugn a person's honor, it means you are claiming that that person is not as respectable as the community at large regards them, implying that they have done something to debase themselves in the eyes of the public. ... When impugning honor or when facts are impugned, there is much reason for doubt.