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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈʌnfɹɛnd/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unfriend.wav Forms: unfriends [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: From Middle English unfreend, onfrend, equivalent to un- (noun/adjective prefix) + friend. Cognate with Scots unfrend (“unfriend”). Compare Old English unfriþmann, unwine. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unfreend}} Middle English unfreend, {{prefix|en|un|friend|id1=negative|pos1=noun/adjective prefix}} un- (noun/adjective prefix) + friend, {{cog|sco|unfrend||unfriend}} Scots unfrend (“unfriend”), {{cog|ang|unfriþmann}} Old English unfriþmann Head templates: {{en-noun}} unfriend (plural unfriends)
  1. One who is not a friend; an enemy. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: nonfriend, non-friend Hyponyms: backfriend Related terms: unfriendly
    Sense id: en-unfriend-en-noun-yZ8SO9lp Disambiguation of People: 97 0 3 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- (negative)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: un-friend
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /ʌnˈfɹɛnd/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unfriend2.wav Forms: unfriends [present, singular, third-person], unfriending [participle, present], unfriended [participle, past], unfriended [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: From un- (verb prefix) + friend. Compare Dutch ontvrienden (“to unfriend”), German entfreunden (“to unfriend”). Etymology templates: {{pre|en|un|friend|id1=reversive|pos1=verb prefix}} un- (verb prefix) + friend, {{cog|nl|ontvrienden|t=to unfriend}} Dutch ontvrienden (“to unfriend”), {{cog|de|entfreunden|t=to unfriend}} German entfreunden (“to unfriend”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} unfriend (third-person singular simple present unfriends, present participle unfriending, simple past and past participle unfriended)
  1. (rare) To sever as friends. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-unfriend-en-verb-RVQyY4Lb
  2. (social media) To defriend; to remove from one's friends list (e.g. on a social networking website). Categories (topical): Social media Translations (to remove from one's friends list): dostluqdan çıxarmaq (Azerbaijani), ontvrienden (Dutch), poistaa kavereista (Finnish), entfreunden (German), מחק מרשימת חברים (makhák mereshimát khaverím) (Hebrew), אנפרנד (infrénd) (Hebrew), töröl az ismerősei közül (Hungarian), 친구 끊기 (chin'gu kkeunki) (Korean), óntvrunje (Limburgish), удали́ть из друзе́й (udalítʹ iz druzéj) [perfective] (Russian), отфре́ндить (otfrénditʹ) [perfective] (Russian), расфре́ндить (rasfrénditʹ) [perfective] (Russian), desamistarse (Spanish), ta bort som vän (Swedish), arkadaşlıktan çıkarmak (Turkish), відфрендити (vidfrendyty) (Ukrainian), huỷ kết bạn (Vietnamese), embazey ra veten (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-unfriend-en-verb-C6iZAzTn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with un- (reversive), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Limburgish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Zazaki translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 3 74 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 22 8 70 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un- (reversive): 23 13 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 6 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 6 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 4 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 26 7 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 14 10 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 8 70 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 7 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 20 8 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 26 7 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 23 8 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Limburgish translations: 18 8 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 8 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 8 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 22 7 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 22 7 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 23 8 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 26 7 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Zazaki translations: 18 8 75 Disambiguation of "to remove from one's friends list": 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: un-friend, defriend Related terms: unfollow, unsubscribe
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "1": "ang",
        "2": "unfriþmann"
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        "plural"
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      "word": "unfriendly"
    }
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          "ref": "1822 May 29, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in The Fortunes of Nigel. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, pages 88–89:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1856, Elizabeth Gaskell, The Poor Clare:",
          "text": "I wonder often it has not drawn her out of the grave to come and stand before me, and hear me tell her how I loved her. For, sir, we parted unfriends.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1916, William Edwin Chilton, John Downey Works, Fiscal relation between the United States and the District of Columbia:",
          "text": "Thus many unfriends and some friends of the Capital agree upon the same policy with diverse and contradictory motives[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Kees Waaijman, John Vriend, The mystical space of Carmel:",
          "text": "The unfriend betrays me, ignores me, denies me, breaks me down; the unfriend is against and tries to devour my personhood.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "One who is not a friend; an enemy."
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          "word": "backfriend"
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          "enemy"
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        {
          "word": "nonfriend"
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        {
          "word": "non-friend"
        }
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      "rhymes": "-ɛnd"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈʌnfɹɛnd/",
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        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
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    {
      "word": "un-friend"
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}

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      "word": "friend"
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      "word": "befriend"
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    "Rhymes:English/ɛnd",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛnd/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Limburgish translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
    "Terms with Zazaki translations",
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        "2": "ontvrienden",
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      "form": "unfriends",
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        "third-person"
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    {
      "word": "unfollow"
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    {
      "word": "unsubscribe"
    }
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        "English terms with rare senses"
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          "ref": "1659, Thomas Fuller, The Appeal of Injured Innocence:",
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      "glosses": [
        "To sever as friends."
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        "(rare) To sever as friends."
      ],
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        "rare"
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          "ref": "2007, Mia Consalvo, Caroline Haythornthwaite, Internet Research Annual: Volume 4:",
          "text": "\"I asked her why, she said it was because I didn't comment, and I shrugged and said whatever. I didn't unfriend her.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Nils Smith, Social Media Guide for Ministry: What It Is and How to Use It:",
          "text": "Without unfriending someone, you can now choose to limit or block (unsubscribe) someone from your newsfeed or choose to see only what Facebook deems as very important.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "To defriend; to remove from one's friends list (e.g. on a social networking website)."
      ],
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          "social media",
          "social media"
        ],
        [
          "defriend",
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        "(social media) To defriend; to remove from one's friends list (e.g. on a social networking website)."
      ]
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      "rhymes": "-ɛnd"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ʌnˈfɹɛnd/",
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        "US"
      ]
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    {
      "word": "defriend"
    },
    {
      "word": "un-friend"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to remove from one's friends list",
      "word": "dostluqdan çıxarmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to remove from one's friends list",
      "word": "ontvrienden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to remove from one's friends list",
      "word": "poistaa kavereista"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remove from one's friends list",
      "word": "entfreunden"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "makhák mereshimát khaverím",
      "sense": "to remove from one's friends list",
      "word": "מחק מרשימת חברים"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "infrénd",
      "sense": "to remove from one's friends list",
      "word": "אנפרנד"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove from one's friends list",
      "word": "töröl az ismerősei közül"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chin'gu kkeunki",
      "sense": "to remove from one's friends list",
      "word": "친구 끊기"
    },
    {
      "code": "li",
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "sense": "to remove from one's friends list",
      "word": "óntvrunje"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udalítʹ iz druzéj",
      "sense": "to remove from one's friends list",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "удали́ть из друзе́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otfrénditʹ",
      "sense": "to remove from one's friends list",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отфре́ндить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasfrénditʹ",
      "sense": "to remove from one's friends list",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "расфре́ндить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to remove from one's friends list",
      "word": "desamistarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to remove from one's friends list",
      "word": "ta bort som vän"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to remove from one's friends list",
      "word": "arkadaşlıktan çıkarmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidfrendyty",
      "sense": "to remove from one's friends list",
      "word": "відфрендити"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to remove from one's friends list",
      "word": "huỷ kết bạn"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "to remove from one's friends list",
      "word": "embazey ra veten"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unfriend"
}

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