Synonyms for dun
dʌndun

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. dunnoun

   horse of a dull brownish grey color

   Synonyms:
   fawn, grayish brown, greyish brown

   Antonyms:
   achromatic, neutral

2. dun, greyish brown, grayish brown, fawnadjective

   a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color

   "she wore dun"

   Synonyms:
   fawn, grayish brown, greyish brown

   Antonyms:
   achromatic, neutral

3. dunverb

   of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color

   "the dun and dreary prairie"

   Antonyms:
   neutral, achromatic

4. torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrateverb

   treat cruelly

   "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"

   Synonyms:
   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, 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

   Antonyms:
   neutral, achromatic

5. dunverb

   persistently ask for overdue payment

   "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone"

   Synonyms:
   rag, frustrate, bedevil, torment, crucify

   Antonyms:
   neutral, achromatic

6. dunverb

   cure by salting

   "dun codfish"

   Synonyms:
   rag, frustrate, bedevil, torment, crucify

   Antonyms:
   neutral, achromatic

7. dunverb

   make a dun color

   Synonyms:
   rag, frustrate, bedevil, torment, crucify

   Antonyms:
   neutral, achromatic

Matched Categories

1. • Cooking
   • Cure
   • Darken
   • Demand
   • Harass
   • Saddle Horse

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. dunadjective

   Synonyms:
   dull brown

2. dunverb

   Synonyms:
   press (for a debt), importune, urge

3. dunnoun

   Synonyms:
   importunate creditor

4. dunnoun

   Synonyms:
   dunning letter

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1. List of paraphrases for "dun":

   dün, shield

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