misfriend

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verb

To friend wrongly, incorrectly, or by mistake; be a bad friend to.

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Meanings

verbmisfriend (third-person singular simple present misfriends, present participle misfriending, simple past and past participle misfriended)

present singular third person misfriends · participle present misfriending · participle past misfriended · past misfriended

  1. ambitransitivenonstandardrareTo friend wrongly, incorrectly, or by mistake; be a bad friend to.

    Up to then they'd niver been misfriended as fur as I know.

    1889, David Christie Murray, Schwartz

Origin

From mis- + friend.

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APA

misfriend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misfriend

MLA

“misfriend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misfriend. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misfriend,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misfriend.

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