dun

Meanings

• horse of a dull brownish grey color
• a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
  • "she wore dun"
• treat cruelly
• persistently ask for overdue payment
  • "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone"
• cure by salting
  • "dun codfish"
• make a dun color
• of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color
  • "the dun and dreary prairie"

Synonyms

bedevil, crucify, fawn, frustrate, grayish brown, greyish brown, rag, torment