unfriended
unfriended — adjective
1. without any friends or social connections, often because other people have not m
without any friends or social connections, often because other people have not made an effort to welcome or include you
When Christopher moved to a new town, he felt completely unfriended and lonely.
predicative: feel + unfriended
Élise described how unfriended she felt after her college friends all moved away.
predicative: feel + (how) unfriended
In the busy school cafeteria, Hyun sat unfriended at a table in the corner.
Every weekend, Zuri visited an elderly neighbor who was unfriended and lived completely alone.
To avoid feeling unfriended in a new city, Mauricio joined several clubs.
- friendless
more common and neutral in register; 'friendless' can apply to any situation, while 'unfriended' has a literary tone
- alone
broader in meaning; focuses on physical solitude rather than lacking friends specifically
- companionless
more formal and less common; emphasizes absence of any companion rather than just friends
- befriended
direct antonym; describes someone who has been welcomed as a friend
- popular
strongly contrasting; describes someone with many friends and social connections
文法句型
be/feel/seem + unfriended (predicative)
用法筆記
Formal or literary in register; this sense is distinct from the modern verb 'unfriend' (to remove someone from a social-media contacts list), which shares the same spelling when used in past-participle form.