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to unfriend

to unfriend

6 4.8
To remove someone from your contacts on a social website or app
  • verb
  • /ʌnˈfrɛnd/
  • Texting
translation icon : eliminar de amigos
  • When I found out he was spreading rumors, I chose to unfriend him.
  • unfriend people
  • unfriend or block

And it's like, well, now if I unfriend you, it's going to be a slight.

Examples

  • If someone we knew didn't make the same decision, we were disappointed, but we didn't unfriend them.

    Blog text (18)

  • Did you just unfriend me?

    The DUFF (2015)

  • And so giving yourself a moment before you unfriend, that is powerful.

  • So I started to unfriend them one by one.

  • The #1 person you need to unfriend on Facebook.

    Blog text (23)

  • So before you unfriend someone in real life, I want you to stop and make sure you've done your part of being a friend.

  • I don't have to worry that a friend who takes politics too seriously will decide to unfriend me.

    Blog text (13)

  • She unfriend you on Facebook?

    Unsane (2018)

  • I was competing with the movement to unfriend anyone on Facebook who was willing to eat at Chick-fil-A.

    Blog text (18)

  • More users are untagging themselves from photos, deleting comments, and unfriending others.

    Blog text (23)

Synonyms

to unfollow
vsto unfriend
  • Texting
5 3.6

To stop getting posts from someone's social media account

remove a person from your contacts list and end the online connection

Antonyms

to friend
  • Texting
15 3.5

To add someone as a contact on a social media site

Surface Forms

unfriend infinitive
unfriended past
unfriended past participle
unfriending present participle
unfriends third person singular

Morphology

unfriend = friend (transparent) = un + friend

Standard productive negation with 'un-' applied to the verb 'friend', producing the meaning 'remove from one's friends list' in social-media contexts.

Etymology

Unfriend is a modern word made from un- meaning 'not' or 'reverse' and the everyday word friend, like undo but for friendships. It means to remove someone from your list of friends on a social media site or app, so you are 'undoing' that online friendship.