Meaning & Definition of Dun in English
English⟶
Dun
/dən/
noun
1. Horse of a dull brownish grey color
synonym:
- dun
2. A color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
- "She wore dun"
synonym:
- dun,
- greyish brown,
- grayish brown,
- fawn
verb
1. Treat cruelly
- "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
synonym:
- torment,
- rag,
- bedevil,
- crucify,
- dun,
- frustrate
2. Persistently ask for overdue payment
- "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone"
synonym:
- dun
3. Cure by salting
- "Dun codfish"
synonym:
- dun
4. Make a dun color
synonym:
- dun
adjective
1. Of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color
- "The dun and dreary prairie"
synonym:
- dun