The Meaning of dun

• (n.) A mound or small hill.
• (v. t.) To cure, as codfish, in a particular manner, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with salt grass or some like substance.
• (v. t. & i.) To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately.
• (n.) One who duns; a dunner.
• (n.) An urgent request or demand of payment; as, he sent his debtor a dun.
• (a.) Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy.

Synonyms

fawn , grayish brown , greyish brown , bawl out , chide , confound , befuddle , cross , lambast , foil , fox , savage , nark , tease , frustrate , bedevil , spoil , take to task , bother , blast , rile , rack , gravel , excruciate , trounce , bilk , rally , get to , berate , thwart , torment , torture , crucify , chew out , pillory , baffle , nettle , throw , scotch , chafe , ride , get at , subdue , lecture , irritate , have words , reproof , razz , call down , tantalise , queer , mortify , annoy , tantalize , reprimand , cod , scold , taunt , rebuke , rag , jaw , discombobulate , vex , lambaste , chew up , dress down , confuse , call on the carpet , remonstrate , bait , twit , devil , fuddle , harass , hassle , harry , chivy , chivvy , chevy , chevvy , beset , plague , molest , provoke

Antonyms

achromatic , neutral

Homophones

done , donne , dunn , dunne

Rhymes

anyone , been , begun , blowgun , bruhn , brun , brunn , bun , bunn , byun , c1 , chun , chunn , done , donne , dunn , dunne , erven , everyone , fun , grandson , gruhn , grun , gun , gunn , handgun , homerun , homespun , huhn , hun , hunn , hyun , kun , lajeune , luhn , lun , lunn , m1 , mcfun , mcmunn , mun , munn , none , nuhn , nun , nunn , one , outdone , outgun , outrun , overdone , overrun , puget-1 , pun , rerun , run , shotgun , shun , simeone , someone , son , spun , stepson , stun , sun , terrebonne , than , thrun , thun , ton , tonne , un , undone , won , youn , yun