| afraid | (adjective) filled with fear or apprehension | - |
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| (adjective) filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement | - |
| (adjective) having feelings of aversion or unwillingness | - |
| (adjective) feeling worry or concern or insecurity | - |
| braid | (noun) trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains | Synonyms: braiding, gold braid |
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| (noun) a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair | Synonyms: plait, tress, twist |
| (verb) form or weave into a braid or braids | Synonyms: pleach |
| (verb) decorate with braids or ribbons | - |
| (verb) make by braiding or interlacing | Synonyms: lace, plait |
| braided | (adjective) woven by (or as if by) braiding | - |
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| braiding | (noun) trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains | Synonyms: braid, gold braid |
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| raid | (noun) a sudden short attack | Synonyms: foray, maraud |
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| (noun) an attempt by speculators to defraud investors | - |
| (verb) search for something needed or desired | - |
| (verb) enter someone else's territory and take spoils | Synonyms: foray into |
| (verb) take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock | - |
| (verb) search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on | Synonyms: bust |
| raider | (noun) a corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management | - |
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| (noun) someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) | Synonyms: despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, spoiler |
| raiding | (adjective) characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding | Synonyms: marauding, predatory |
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| unafraid | (adjective) oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them | Synonyms: fearless |
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| (adjective) free from fear or doubt; easy in mind | Synonyms: secure, untroubled |
| unbraid | (verb) undo the braids of | - |
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| upbraid | (verb) express criticism towards | Synonyms: reproach |
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| upbraider | (noun) someone who finds fault or imputes blame | Synonyms: rebuker, reproacher, reprover |
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| upbraiding | (noun) a severe scolding | Synonyms: bawling out, castigation, chewing out, dressing down, earful, going-over |
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