Unfriended is a term commonly used when a person purposely chooses to terminate a friendship in the digital world. However, there are other synonyms that can be used, such as blocked, cut off, estranged, ostracized, and shunned. Each of these words indicates a sense of separation and distance between two people who were once friends or acquaintances. Being ostracized or shunned is a more severe action, indicating that a group or community has collectively chosen to cut off or ignore someone. Whatever the reason may be, the act of unfriending someone is never pleasant, but there are other ways to express the same sentiment without using the word "unfriended".