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Synonyms for (noun) dun

Synonyms: dun Definition: horse of a dull brownish grey color

Hypernyms: mount, riding horse, saddle horse Definition: a lightweight horse kept for riding only

Synonyms: fawn, grayish brown, greyish brown, dun Definition: a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color Usage: she wore dun

Hypernyms: light brown Definition: a brown that is light but unsaturated

Synonyms for (verb) dun

Synonyms: dun Definition: make a dun color

Hypernyms: darken Definition: make dark or darker Usage: darken a room

Synonyms: dun Definition: cure by salting Usage: dun codfish

Hypernyms: cure Definition: prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve Usage: cure meats; cure pickles; cure hay

Synonyms: dun Definition: persistently ask for overdue payment Usage: The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone

Hypernyms: demand Definition: request urgently and forcefully Usage: The victim's family is demanding compensation; The boss demanded that he be fired immediately; She demanded to see the manager

Synonyms: rag, frustrate, crucify, dun, torment, bedevil Definition: treat cruelly Usage: The children tormented the stuttering teacher

Hypernyms: plague, provoke, molest, harass, harry, hassle, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, beset Definition: annoy continually or chronically Usage: He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked; This man harasses his female co-workers

Synonyms for (adjective) dun

Synonyms: dun Definition: of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color Usage: the dun and dreary prairie

Hypernyms: chromatic Definition: being or having or characterized by hue