defriends

Cuts digital ties

Defriends is the third-person singular of defriend, meaning to remove someone from a social media friends list.

The action signals a break in the online relationship, ranging from casual cleanup to pointed rejection: She defriended him after the argument.

Also unfriends.

digital

block

Solid mass, or impede

delete · disconnect · unfollowing · notification · profile · connection · request · account · platform · Facebook

estrangement

alienation

State of being isolated

detachment · withdrawal · distancing · breakup · parting · coldness · rejection · abandonment · exclusion · snubbing

conflict

argument

Reasoned case or dispute

feud · dispute · betrayal · misunderstanding · grudge · resentment · hostility · drama · confrontation · accusation

Opposites
social media connection action

defriendsfriends

Voluntary close relations

befriends · adds · follows · friending

relationship trajectory

defriendsbefriends

Forms a companionship

embraces · welcomes · includes · accepts · invites

Family

defriend, defriended, defriending

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