oppugn

1. 1.

   challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of

   “We must question your judgment in this matter”

   Synonymsquestioncall into question

   Broaderchallenge

Other forms of oppugn

past tense

oppugned·

present participle

oppugning·

third person

oppugns·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about oppugn

What does oppugn mean?

oppugn means "challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of".

How many syllables are in oppugn?

oppugn has 2 syllables: op-pugn. The stress falls on "pugn".

What is another word for oppugn?

Close synonyms include question, call into question. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is oppugn a common word?

oppugn is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.