criticize someone's character
- I don’t mean to impeach her character. I just don’t think she has enough experience to lead the group.
- You do impeach your modesty too muchShakespeare -- A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- I denounce this person as a liar, and impeach him as a coward.Charles Dickens -- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
- And ten to one is no impeach of valour.Shakespeare -- King Henry VI, Part 3
- Under whose warrant I impeach thy wrong,Shakespeare, William -- King John
- If my old friend Reepicheep the Mouse were here, he would say we could not now refuse the adventures of Bism without a great impeachment to our honour.C.S. Lewis -- The Silver Chair
- Thou art a villain to impeach me thus; I’ll prove mine honour and mine honesty Against thee presently, if thou dar’st stand.William Shakespeare -- The Comedy of Errors
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as in: impeach the President Define
formally charge a public official with unlawful activity; or the resulting legal proceedings; or any removal resulting from such proceedings
as in: impeach her testimony
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challenge the honesty or believability of someone
as in: impeach my courage
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criticize someone's character
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