dun

Meaning of dun

adjective
  1. of a dull greyish-brown colour.
    a dun cow
noun
  1. a dull greyish-brown colour.
  2. a horse with a sandy or sandy-grey coat, black mane, tail, and lower legs, and a dark dorsal stripe.
  3. a subadult mayfly, which has drab coloration and opaque wings.

Old English dun, dunn, of Germanic origin; probably related to dusk.

verb
  1. make persistent demands on (someone), especially for payment of a debt.
    after he left Oxford he was frequently dunned for his debts

noun

a debt collector or an insistent creditor.

early 17th century (as a noun): from obsolete Dunkirk privateer, from the French port of Dunkirk.

noun

a stone-built fortified settlement in Scotland or Ireland, of a kind built from the late Iron Age to the early Middle Ages. The word is a frequent place-name element in Scotland and Ireland.

early 18th century: from Irish dún, Scottish Gaelic dùn ‘hill or hill fort’.

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Hyphenation of dun

dun

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
  • dun is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

dun synonyms

Meaning greyish brown:

fawn

Meaning torment:

torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, frustrate

Meaning having a brown tinge; slightly brown:

brownish

Meaning of or like a mouse:

mousy

Meaning covered in or full of mud:

muddy

Meaning a strong cotton or wool fabric of a dull brownish-yellow colour, used especially in military clothing:

khaki

Meaning a natural pigment resembling but darker than ochre, normally dark yellowish-brown in colour ( raw umber ) or dark brown when roasted ( burnt umber ):

umber

Meaning harass (someone) persistently for or to do something:

importune

Meaning ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone:

solicit

Meaning present a petition to (an authority) in respect of a particular cause:

petition

Meaning move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force:

press

Meaning produce or maintain raised pressure artificially in (a gas or its container):

pressurize

Meaning cause continual trouble or distress to:

plague

Meaning trouble or annoy (someone) with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions:

pester

Meaning harass (someone) constantly to do something that they are averse to:

nag

Meaning subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation:

harass

Meaning harass, persecute, or pursue relentlessly:

hound

Meaning repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester:

badger

Meaning (of a problem or difficulty) trouble (someone or something) persistently:

beset

Meaning make a fuss; moan:

mither

Meaning harass; pester:

hassle

Meaning conceal a miniature microphone in (a room or device) in order to listen to or record someone's conversations secretly:

bug

Translation of dun

Words that rhyme with dun

Dun, Dehradun, Idun, idun, Eskualdun, Euskaldun, Seldun, Yildun, turndun, tundun, vodun, Verdun, verdun, bordun, Audun

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