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. — Vortarulo
Том розфрендив Мері. — deniko
Том видалив Мері зі списку друзів. — deniko
Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
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. — deniko
deTom hat Mary entfreundet. — Vortarulo
Why did you unfriend me?
ruПочему ты удалил меня из друзей? — Midelgado
deWarum hast du mich von deiner Freundesliste runtergeschmissen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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
See also
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