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Definition of dun : 1. A mound or small hill.
2. An urgent request or demand of payment; as, he sent his debtor a dun.
3. Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy.
4. One who duns; a dunner.
5. To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately.
6. To cure, as codfish, in a particular manner, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with salt grass or some like substance.

Synonyms:

jaw, cross, get to, lambaste, bait, nark, befuddle, fuddle, throw, avocado, invite, amethyst, sallow, frustrate, tantalize, cod, blue, greyish brown, taunt, pillory, plead, torture, claim, chew out, rebuke, chide, rag, berate, azure, bother, insist on something, rack, call on the carpet, get at, vex, confuse, take to task, grayish brown, discombobulate, bawl out, have words, ask for, confound, trounce, remonstrate, ride, chafe, requisition, order, bluish, tease, baby-blue, reprimand, twit, bilk, devil, appeal, dress down, annoy, crucify, torment, foil, mortify, alabaster, scotch, lecture, thwart, fox, ultimatum, subdue, spoil, chew up, scold, excruciate, savage, lambast, gravel, amber, black, blast, baffle, importunity, irritate, request, beg, razz, chromatic, call down, nettle, beige, tantalise, rile, bedevil, rally, demand, reproof, dull

burnt almond, walnut, acorn, brown, tawny, coconut, drab, chestnut, partridge, cinnamon, sepia, brunette, coffee, cafe au lait, auburn, fawn, copper, khaki, nut brown, tan, hazel, chocolate, toast, biscuit, cocoa, umber

Usage examples:

• So I didn't object, but the messige ain't finished yet, and the Lord only knows when it will be dun. - "Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia", Seba Smith.
• The dun struggles on to the end of a twelve- mile stage, and then the valley ends and the full blast from the plateau meets them. - "The Great Hunger", Johan Bojer.
• But he could be got to write to no one, said my Lord, with kind exaggeration; nor will he receive letters, for fear he may get a dun. - "Richard Carvel, Complete", Winston Churchill Last Updated: March 5, 2009.