defriend

Remove online contact

To defriend someone is to remove them from your friends list on a social network, ending the digital connection: I defriended my ex after the breakup.

The action ranges from routine housekeeping to pointed social statement.

Unfriend is the more common term for the same action.

socialmedia

block

Solid mass, or impede

delete · ghosting · untag · unlike · unshare · ban · timeline · newsfeed · follower · profile

estrangement

alienation

State of being isolated

separation · breach · coolness · detachment · disaffection · discord · animosity · hostility · grudge · betrayal

rejection

snub

Deliberate dismissive rejection

exclude · ignore · reject · avoid · blacklist · cold-shoulder · rebuff · slight · dismiss · disown

Categories
Opposites
social connection action

defriendfriend

Non-kin mutual bond

befriend · add · follow · connect · subscribe

relationship trajectory

defriendbefriend

Form a companionship

friend · embrace · welcome · accept · include

Family

defriended, defriending, defriends

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G