dun
dunning; duns; dunned; dunner; dunnest
Use the adjective dun for something that’s a dusty grey brown color, like a dun cow, or the dun entry rug that used to be white.
The noun and adjective forms of dun all relate to color. It probably comes from German roots, and may be related to the word dusk, as a dun color has a dull quality that you might associate with dusk or fading light. A dun horse is called a Dun. As a verb, to dun means to attempt to collect an overdue bill. You might dun your brother for that $10 he owes you from 3 months ago.
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a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color“she wore dun”
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synonyms:
fawn, grayish brown, greyish brown
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type of:
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light brown
a brown that is light but unsaturated
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light brown
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horse of a dull brownish grey color with a dark tail and mane
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type of:
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mount, riding horse, saddle horse
a lightweight horse kept for riding only
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mount, riding horse, saddle horse
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of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color“the dun and dreary prairie”
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Synonyms:
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chromatic
being, having, or characterized by hue
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chromatic
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make a dun color
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type of:
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darken
make dark or darker
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darken
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persistently ask for overdue payment“The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone”
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type of:
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demand
request urgently and forcefully
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demand
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treat cruelly
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cure by salting“dun codfish”
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type of:
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cure
prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve
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cure
Vocabulary lists containing dun
This companion novel to Last Night at the Telegraph Club takes place fifty years later and follows eighteen-year-old Aria Tang West who spends the summer with her artistic grandmother in California.
After his father is kidnapped, twelve-year-old Silas teams up with a ghost and a pony in order to rescue him.
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