dun

/dˈʌn/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

adjective

1. of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color
   “the dun and dreary prairie”

noun

1. horse of a dull brownish grey color
2. a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
   “she wore dun”

verb

1. treat cruelly
   “The children tormented the stuttering teacher”
2. persistently ask for overdue payment
   “The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone”
3. cure by salting
   “dun codfish”
4. make a dun color

Synonyms for dun

• chromatic
• greyish brown
• grayish brown
• fawn
• torment
• rag
• bedevil
• crucify
• frustrate

Words that rhyme with dun

• run
• one
• gun
• sun
• overrun
• rerun
• fun
• homespun
• none
• undone
• nun
• stun
• won
• done
• megaton
• overdone
• pun
• shun
• son
• ton
• blowgun
• bun
• grandson
• handgun
• outrun
• shotgun
• someone
• stepson
• tonne
• anyone