unfriend
To defriend; to remove from one's friends listTo defriend; to remove from one's friends list (e.g. on a social networking website).
» Tom unfriended Mary.
Tom hat Mary entfreundet.
Том розфрендив Мері.
Том видалив Мері зі списку друзів.
Meaning
2 senses(rare)To sever as friends.
To remove someone from your list of friends on a social network
To defriend; to remove from one's friends list (e.g. on a social networking website).
entfreunden
удали́ть из друзе́йudalítʹ iz druzéj, отфре́ндитьotfrénditʹ, расфре́ндитьrasfrénditʹ
відфрендитиvidfrendyty
Examples
10 sentencesTom unfriended Mary.
Том розфрендив Мері.
deTom hat Mary entfreundet.
Why did you unfriend me?
ruПочему ты удалил меня из друзей?
deWarum hast du mich von deiner Freundesliste runtergeschmissen?
Sami realized that Layla unfriended him on Facebook.
Vladimir misinterpreted Yuri's comment to Anna's picture and unfriended her.
To be alone, unfriended, penniless, in a city of four million souls, is indeed a low depth of human misery.
Translations
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Origin
From un- (verb prefix) + friend. Compare Dutch ontvrienden (“to unfriend”), German entfreuFrom un- (verb prefix) + friend. Compare Dutch ontvrienden (“to unfriend”), German entfreunden (“to unfriend”).
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Forms
unfriends, unfriending, unfriended, unfriended| Base form | unfriend · to unfriend |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | unfriends |
| Present participle | unfriending |
| Past simple | unfriended |
| Past participle | unfriended |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
1 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle