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.
State of being severed
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- alienationState of being isolated
- separationState of being apart
rift · breakup · disassociation · parting · withdrawal · disaffiliation · dissolution · removal
Being barred from participation
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- snubbingPointedly ignoring someone
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- dismissalRemoval from position
rebuff · abandonment · betrayal · disowning · forsaking · spurning · repudiation · cold shoulder
disconnection
State of being severed
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- alienationState of being isolated
separation · rift · breakup · disassociation · parting · withdrawal · disaffiliation · dissolution · removal · cutting ties
exclusion
Being barred from participation
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- snubbingPointedly ignoring someone
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
dismissal · rebuff · abandonment · betrayal · disowning · forsaking · spurning · repudiation · cold shoulder · social exile
unfriendly, unfriend, unfriendliness, unfriended, unfriending, unfrienders