English

Detailed Synonyms for dun in English

dun:

to dun verb (duns, dunned, dunning)

  1. to dun
    to summon; to dun; to exhort; to call upon
    • summon verb (summons, summoned, summoning)
    • dun verb (duns, dunned, dunning)
    • exhort verb (exhorts, exhorted, exhorting)
    • call upon verb (calls upon, called upon, calling upon)
  2. to dun
    to remind; to recall to memory; to dun; to remember
    • remind verb (reminds, reminded, reminding)
    • recall to memory verb (recalls to memory, recalled to memory, recalling to memory)
    • dun verb (duns, dunned, dunning)
    • remember verb (remembers, remembered, remembering)
  3. to dun
    to exhort; to dun
    • exhort verb (exhorts, exhorted, exhorting)
    • dun verb (duns, dunned, dunning)
  4. to dun
    – make a dun color 1
    to dun
    – make a dun color 1
    • dun verb (duns, dunned, dunning)
  5. to dun
    – cure by salting 1
    to dun
    – cure by salting 1
    • dun verb (duns, dunned, dunning)
      • dun codfish1
  6. to dun
    – persistently ask for overdue payment 1
    to dun
    – persistently ask for overdue payment 1
    • dun verb (duns, dunned, dunning)
      • The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone1
  7. to dun
    – treat cruelly 1
    to rag; to torment; to dun; to frustrate; to crucify; bedevil
    – treat cruelly 1
    • rag verb (rags, ragged, ragging)
    • torment verb (torments, tormented, tormenting)
      • The children tormented the stuttering teacher1
    • dun verb (duns, dunned, dunning)
    • frustrate verb (frustrates, frustrated, frustrating)
    • crucify verb (crucifies, crucified, crucifying)
    • bedevil verb

Conjugations for dun:

present
  1. dun
  2. dun
  3. duns
  4. dun
  5. dun
  6. dun
simple past
  1. dunned
  2. dunned
  3. dunned
  4. dunned
  5. dunned
  6. dunned
present perfect
  1. have dunned
  2. have dunned
  3. has dunned
  4. have dunned
  5. have dunned
  6. have dunned
past continuous
  1. was dunning
  2. were dunning
  3. was dunning
  4. were dunning
  5. were dunning
  6. were dunning
future
  1. shall dun
  2. will dun
  3. will dun
  4. shall dun
  5. will dun
  6. will dun
continuous present
  1. am dunning
  2. are dunning
  3. is dunning
  4. are dunning
  5. are dunning
  6. are dunning
subjunctive
  1. be dunned
  2. be dunned
  3. be dunned
  4. be dunned
  5. be dunned
  6. be dunned
diverse
  1. dun!
  2. let's dun!
  3. dunned
  4. dunning
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

dun adj

  1. dun
    dun
  2. dun
    – of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color 1
    dun
    – of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color 1
    • dun adj
      • the dun and dreary prairie1

dun [the ~] noun

  1. the dun
    – horse of a dull brownish grey color 1
    the dun
    – horse of a dull brownish grey color 1
    • dun [the ~] noun
  2. the dun
    – a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color 1
    the dun; the fawn; the grayish brown; the greyish brown
    – a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color 1

Related Words for "dun":

  • dunner, dunnest

Alternate Synonyms for "dun":


Related Definitions for "dun":

  1. of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color1
    • the dun and dreary prairie1
  2. horse of a dull brownish grey color1
  3. a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color1
    • she wore dun1
  4. make a dun color1
  5. cure by salting1
    • dun codfish1
  6. persistently ask for overdue payment1
    • The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone1
  7. treat cruelly1

Related Synonyms for dun