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unfriend¹

  • /ˈʌnfɹɛnd/ UK, US

Rhymes with -ɛnd

Where it comes from

From Middle English unfreend, onfrend, equivalent to un- (noun/adjective prefix) + friend. Cognate with Scots unfrend (“unfriend”). Compare Old English unfriþmann, unwine.

noun unfriends · un-friend

  1. One who is not a friend; an enemy. It is even as I suspected, my lord, […] Ye have back-friends, my lord, that is, unfriends—or, to be plain, enemies—about the person of the Prince.

    Similar: nonfriend, non-friend

unfriend²

  • /ʌnˈfɹɛnd/ UK, US

Rhymes with -ɛnd

Where it comes from

From un- (verb prefix) + friend. Compare Dutch ontvrienden (“to unfriend”), German entfreunden (“to unfriend”).

verb unfriends · unfriending · unfriended · un-friend

  1. rare To sever as friends. "I hope, sir, that we are not mutually Unfriended by this Difference which hath happened betwixt us."
  2. To defriend; to remove from one's friends list (e.g. on a social networking website). "I asked her why, she said it was because I didn't comment, and I shrugged and said whatever. I didn't unfriend her."

Similar: defriend · Opposite: friend, befriend

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verb

Similar: defriend · Opposite: friend, befriend

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verb to remove from one's friends list

Españoldesamistarse
한국어친구 끊기 chin'gu kkeunki
Deutschentfreunden
Русскийудали́ть из друзе́й udalítʹ iz druzéj, отфре́ндить otfrénditʹ, расфре́ндить rasfrénditʹ
Tiếng Việthuỷ kết bạn
עבריתמחק מרשימת חברים makhák mereshimát khaverím, אנפרנד infrénd

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"unfriend." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unfriend.

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@misc{unfriend_2026,
  title = {unfriend},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unfriend},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}