Meanings
present singular third person defriends · participle present defriending · participle past defriended · past defriended
- uncommonsocial mediaTo remove from one's list of friends (e.g. on a social networking website).
2005, Schmitt et al, Professional CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design But why subject myself and friends to the awkward social construct of being virtually "defriended" because I want to save some space on a Web page?
1 more example
Likewise, the actions of friending or defriending someone send out messages of their own.
2007, Mia Consalvo, Caroline Haythornthwaite, Internet Research Annual: Volume 4Synonyms: unfriend
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo remove from one's list of friends (e.g. on a social networking website).
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Proto-Indo-European*preyH-
- Proto-Indo-European*priHós
- Proto-Germanic*frijōną
- Proto-Germanic*frijōndz
- Proto-West Germanic*friund
- Old Englishfrēond
- Middle Englishfrend
- Englishfriend
- Englishdefriend
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
defriend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defriend
“defriend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defriend. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “defriend,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defriend.
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