unfriends

Cuts online ties

Unfriends is the verb for removing someone from your friends list on social media, especially Facebook: She unfriended him after the breakup.

The act carries social weight—it's a deliberate severing of digital connection, often signaling real-world conflict or estrangement.

Less commonly, unfriends is the plural noun for people who are not friends or who have become estranged.

severance

disconnection

State of being severed

separation · rift · breakup · disassociation · parting · withdrawal · disaffiliation · dissolution · removal · cutting ties

rejection

exclusion

Being barred from participation

dismissal · rebuff · abandonment · betrayal · disowning · forsaking · spurning · repudiation · cold shoulder · social exile

Opposites
social media connection action

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Voluntary close relations

befriends · adds · follows · lets in · requests

social relationship trajectory

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Forms a companionship

friends · embraces · accepts · welcomes · includes

Family

unfriendly, unfriend, unfriendliness, unfriended, unfriending, unfrienders

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